Jalmari Kivenheimo

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Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Representing Russia Finland
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team, free system

Viktor Jalmar "Jalmari" Kivenheimo (25 September 1889 – 29 October 1994) was a

gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was part of the Finnish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. He is the longest lived Olympic medalist, as he died in 1994 at the age of 105 years.[2][3] He was the last surviving Olympic medalist born before the 1896 Games began on 6 April.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ databaseOlympics profile for Jalmari Kivenheimo Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Greenberg, Stan (September 2007). Olympian Almanack 2008.
  3. ^ "Jalmari Kivenheimo". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.