Tags: Gymnast.

Heikki Ilmari Savolainen (September 28 1907 — November 29 1997) was one of the most successful Finnish gymnasts and a double Olympic winner.Savolainen’s career as a top gymnast lasted for six Summer Olympics. At Amsterdam in 1928 he won bronze on pommel horse the first-ever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he was the oldest gymnastics medalist ever at 44 years old.

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birth date
1907-09-28
death date
1997-11-29

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