Heikki Savolainen (gymnast)

Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928 he won a bronze on pommel horse, which was the firstever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he became the oldest gymnastics medalist, at 44 years old he delivered the Olympic Oath in the opening ceremony of those games. In 1932 Savolainen and his teammate Einari Tersvirta had the same score on horizontal bar, but the Finnish team voted to give the silver medal to Savolainen. In 1948 he again had the same score as teammates Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen on pommel horse, and the gold medal was shared between the three.

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