| Jalmari Kivenheimo | |
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| Birth: | 25 September 1889 Tuusula, Uusimaa Province, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Tuusula, Uusimaa, Finland) |
| Death: | 29 October 1994 Mikkeli, Southern Savonia, Finland |
| Age: | 105 years, 34 days |
| Country: |  FIN
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| Centenarian | |
Viktor Jalmar "Jalmari" Kivenheimo (25 September 1889 – 29 October 1994) was a Finnish centenarian who was the oldest known man in Finland at time of his death. He was a gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography[]
Kivenheimo was born in Tuusula, Uusimaa Province, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Tuusula, Uusimaa, Finland) on 25 September 1889.
During the 1912 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Finnish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.
Kivenheimo graduated from the University of Helsinki with a specialization in biology, in 1948 he defended his doctoral dissertation in botany there.
Between 1920 and 1957, he taught geography, natural science, and agricultural sciences at the teacher training school in Rauma.
From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, he lived with his daughter's family in Arizona, where he continued jogging and exercising until the age of 103.
He became the oldest known living man in Finland, following the death of 107-year-old Heikki Teravainen on 1 August 1994.
Kivenheimo died in Mikkeli, Southern Savonia, Finland on 29 October 1994 at the age of 105 years, 34 days. As of 2021, he is the longest lived Olympic medalist. Following his death, then-104-year-old Aleksi Lampen became the oldest known living man in Finland.
References[]
- Jalmari Kivenheimo Olympedia
- Vanhin olympiamitalisti Jalmar Kivenheimo kuoli 105-vuotiaana HS.fi, 30 October 1994
- Viktor Kivenheimo databaseOlympics.com, September 2007 (Archived)
- Olympians Who Reached the Age of 100 Sports Reference
| Finland's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Kalle Pynnönen • Otto Setälä • Kalle Sarajärvi • Justus Lokka • Jaakko Mäkinen • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Frans Stolt • Albin Karttunen • Matti Ruuska • Tuomas Aho • Heikki Teravainen • Jalmari Kivenheimo • Aleksi Lampen • Lauri Koivisto • Taavetti Kolari • Eemil Kayhty • Eino Taskinen • Antti Kamarainen • Efraim Uusi-Kauppila • Vaino Hanhijoki • Aarne Arvonen • Viljo Kekola • Jussi Leskinen • Vilho Maenpaa • Ragnar Lindholm • Toivo Rantala • Harry Holtti • Kalle Rahomaki • Otto Auloste • Erkki Kivisto • Vaino Loisa • Martti Mikkonen • Eino Tamminen • Yrjo Prittinen • Juho Lipponen • Gunnar Stolt • Arvi Hämäläinen |