Olavi Rove

Olavi Rove (29 July 1915 – 22 May 1966) was a Finnish gymnast and Olympic Champion.

Olavi Rove
Born	(1915-07-29)29 July 1915 Helsinki, Finland
Died	22 May 1966(1966-05-22) (aged 50) Helsinki, Finland
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Finland
Medal record Representing  Finland Men's Gymnastic Olympic Games 1948 London Team 1948 London Vault 1952 Helsinki Team World Championships 1950 Basel Team[1] 1950 Basel Rings 1950 Basel Vault 1950 Basel Parallel bars 1950 Basel All-around

He was born and died in Helsinki.

He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a silver medal in vault.^[2] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he received a bronze medal in team combined exercises with the Finnish team. Additionally, he competed at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his team to the silver medal, won individual silvers in the rings, vault, and parallel bars apparatuses, and won an individual bronze in the individual all-around combined exercises.

References

1. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 66.
2. "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)