Einari Teräsvirta
| Einari Teräsvirta medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Finland | ||
| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | 1932 Los Angeles | Horizontal bar |
| bronze | 1932 Los Angeles | All-around team |
| bronze | 1936 Berlin | All-around team |
| gold | 1948 London | All-around team |
Einari Allan Teräsvirta (born December 7, 1914 in Vyborg (now Russia), † November 23, 1995 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish gymnast , Olympic champion and architect .
He first took part in the Olympic Games in 1932 at the age of 17 and was placed in the medal ranks in two of five competitions, one bronze in the team all-around and one bronze on the horizontal bar behind his compatriot Heikki Savolainen . He had the same number of points with Savolainen, instead of the mandatory jump-off for silver and bronze, the Finnish team management decided internally that silver should go to Savolainen and bronze to Teräsvirta.
In 1936 he took part in eight competitions, but could only achieve third place with the team . At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he finally received a gold medal in the all-around team competition .
After the end of his sporting career, Teräsvirta worked as an architect. Among other things, he designed the Kalastajatorppa Hotel in Munkkiniemi , the Satakunta House in Kamppi and the building for the Faculty of State and Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki in Kruununhaka .
Web links
- Einari Teräsvirta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- List of Teräsvirta designs in central Helsinki
Individual evidence
- ↑ arrak.com: SATAKUNTATALO ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Faculty of Social Sciences ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Teräsvirta, Einari |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teräsvirta, Einari Allan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish gymnast, Olympic champion and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vyborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1995 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |