About Aarne Pohjonen
Lived 1886 – 1938 (aged 52). Aarne Pohjonen was a Finnish artistic gymnast and physician.
Aarne Anders Pohjonen (29 March 1886 – 22 December 1938) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography Pohjonen's parents were provost Jaakko Pohjonen and Amanda Maria Taube. He married Tyyne Matilda Riekki in 1925. She was an adoptive sister of Esko Riekki.
He completed his matriculation exam in the Jyväskylä Lyseo in 1904 and graduated as a Licentiate of Medicine from the University of Helsinki in 1914. He specialized in tuberculosis.
He sat in the city council of Vaasa in 1933–1938.
He received the following honorary awards:
Gymnastics + Aarne Pohjonen at the Olympic GamesGamesEventRankNotes1908 Summer OlympicsMen's team 3rd Source:
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.
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gymnast (1886-1938)
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Aarne Pohjonen was born on 29 March 1886 in Luhanka.
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Aarne Pohjonen died on 22 December 1938 in Vaasa.
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Aarne Pohjonen was an artistic gymnast and physician.
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Aarne Pohjonen was Finnish.
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