Eugen Ekman
Finnish artistic gymnast
Ekman at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1937-10-27) 27 October 1937 (age 86) Vaasa, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Vasa IS | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eugen Georg Oskar Ekman (born 27 October 1937) is a retired Finnish gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in pommel horse in 1960. That year he finished sixth all-around,[1] while in 1964 he served as the Olympic flag bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony.[2]
References
External links
- Eugen Ekman at Olympics.com
- Eugen Ekman at Olympedia
- Eugen Ekman at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Pommel Horse
- 1896: Louis Zutter (SUI)
- 1904: Anton Heida (USA)
- 1924: Josef Wilhelm (SUI)
- 1928: Hermann Hänggi (SUI)
- 1932: István Pelle (HUN)
- 1936: Konrad Frey (GER)
- 1948: Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)
1948 Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)
1948 Heikki Savolainen (FIN) - 1952: Viktor Chukarin (URS)
- 1956: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
- 1960: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
1960 Eugen Ekman (FIN) - 1964: Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1968: Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1972: Viktor Klimenko (URS)
- 1976: Zoltán Magyar (HUN)
- 1980: Zoltán Magyar (HUN)
- 1984: Li Ning (CHN)
1984 Peter Vidmar (USA) - 1988: Zsolt Borkai (HUN)
1988 Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
1988 Lubomir Geraskov (BUL) - 1992: Vitaly Scherbo (EUN)
1992 Pae Gil-su (PRK) - 1996: Li Donghua (SUI)
- 2000: Marius Urzică (ROU)
- 2004: Teng Haibin (CHN)
- 2008: Xiao Qin (CHN)
- 2012: Krisztián Berki (HUN)
- 2016: Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2020: Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2024: Rhys McClenaghan (IRL)
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