Einari Teräsvirta
Appearance
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1948 London | Team |
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1932 Los Angeles | Horizontal bar |
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1932 Los Angeles | Team |
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1936 Berlin | Team |
Einari Teräsvirta (7 December 1914 – 23 November 1995[1]) was a Finnish gymnast, Olympic Champion and well-known architect (graduated 1939, Helsinki).
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]
Olympics
[edit]He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a bronze medal in horizontal bar, and a bronze medal in the team competition. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.[3]
Architecture
[edit]Notable designs by Teräsvirta include:
- Library of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki
- Finnish State Guesthouse
- Hotel Kalastajatorppa
- Hotel Marski
References
[edit]- ^ "Einari Teräsvirta Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1995 deaths
- Finnish male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- 20th-century Finnish people
- Finnish artistic gymnast stubs
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs