Aleksanteri Saarvala
Shown on a stamp from 1945
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	(1913-04-09)9 April 1913
Died	7 October 1989(1989-10-07) (aged 76)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Horizontal bar 1948 London Team 1936 Berlin Team

Aleksanteri Saarvala (9 April 1913 – 7 October 1989) was a Finnish gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, and a bronze medal in team combined exercises.^[1]

1948 Olympics

Saarvala also participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished shared 4th in horizontal bar, and 17th all-around. The Finnish team won gold medals, but as he was 7th best Finn he did not receive a medal.