Paavo Aaltonen
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Full name | Paavo Johannes Aaltonen | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 December 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 September 1962 | (aged 42)|||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||
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Paavo Johannes Aaltonen (11 December 1919 – 9 September 1962) was a Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion.
Aaltonen was the second most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics taking home four medals, of which three were gold. His fellow countryman, Veikko Huhtanen, managed five medals including three golds. In the pommel horse event Aaltonen, Huhtanen and Heikki Savolainen had the same score and the gold medal was shared between the three.
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- 1919 births
- 1962 deaths
- People from Kemi
- Finnish male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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