Iivari Partanen Explained

Iivari Partanen
Full Name:	Ivar Aleksander Partanen
Nickname:	Iivari
National Team:	Finland
Birth Date:	16 July 1880
Birth Place:	Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Sport:	Artistic gymnastics
Club:	Viipurin Reipas

Ivar Aleksander "Iivari" Partanen (16 July 1880 – 8 April 1947) was a Finnish gymnast who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He was part of the Viipurin Reipas team that won the gymnastics Finnish national championship in 1903,^[3] 1906^[4] and 1912. He was nominated into their honorary legion.^[5]

Sources

• Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . 12 . Jyväskylä . Graface . 240 . 951-98673-1-7.

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iivari Partanen . Olympedia . 1 March 2021.
2. 8 August 1908 . Heptathlon Gymnastics Competition . Les Jeunes . Fédération gymnastique et sportive des patronages de France . 2 . 25 June 2020 . Gallica.
3. Book: Roni . Ranne . 1951 . Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 . fi . Lahti . 217–218 .
4. Book: Roni . Ranne . 1951 . Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 . fi . Lahti . 44.
5. Book: Roni . Ranne . 1951 . Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 . fi . Lahti . 207.