Aarne Salovaara

Arne Ihamo "Aarne" Salovaara (born Arne Ihamo Nylenius, 25 February 1887 – 11 September 1945) was a Finnish athlete who won two Olympic medals and two Finnish championships.

Athletics

Olympic Games

Aarne Salovaara at the Olympic Games

Games	Sport	Event	Rank	Result	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	Gymnastics	Team	3rd	405 points	Source:
	Athletics	Discus throw	12th–42nd	unknown	Source:
		Javelin throw	4th	45.89 metres	Source:
		Freestyle javelin throw	10th–33rd	unknown	Source:
		Shot put	Did not start
		Greek discus throw	Did not start
1912 Summer Olympics	Gymnastics	Team, free system	2nd	109.25 points
	Athletics	Pentathlon	Did not start

National

He won the Finnish national championships in a combined sports competition Urheilukuninkuuskilpailut in 1904 and 1906.

Salovaara was a district secretary in the Finnish gymnastics and sport federation SVUL in 1906–1907, a district chairman in 1910–1911, and a member of the board of SVUL in 1913 and 1926.

He was the chairman of the club Kotkan Into intermittently in 1915–1927.

Personal

Salovaara finnicized his name from Nylenius on 12 May 1906.

He took part in a Fennoman protest in 1908 and was relegated from his university for one term. He was a board member of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki in 1913–1914.

He was the councillor of municipal court in Kotka in 1915–1945.

He was active in the Kotka White Guard, where he reached the rank of vääpeli.

Sources

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