Kalevi Laitinen (gymnast)

Kalevi Laitinen
Full nameKalevi Johannes Laitinen
Born(1918-05-19)19 May 1918
Kotka, Finland
Died6 January 1997(1997-01-06) (aged 78)
Kotka, Finland
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Finland
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
1948 London Team
1952 Helsinki Team

Kalevi Johannes Laitinen (19 May 1918 – 6 January 1997) was a Finnish gymnast and Olympic champion.

He was born and died in Kotka.

Laitinen competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.[1] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he received a bronze medal in team combined exercises with the Finnish team.

References

  1. ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)