Olavi Rove

Finnish gymnast

Olavi Rove

Country represented

Finland

Born

(1915-07-29)29 July 1915
Helsinki, Finland

Died

22 May 1966(1966-05-22) (aged 50)
Helsinki, Finland

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

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

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

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

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