Riku Korhonen (gymnast)
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Aapeli Richard "Riku" Korhonen (29 March 1883 – 7 January 1932) was a Finnish gymnast, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Games | Event | Rank | Notes |
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1908 Summer Olympics | Artistic individual all-around | 75th | He won the rope-climbing discipline.[2] |
He was part of the Viipurin Reipas team that won the gymnastics Finnish national championship in 1906.[3] He was nominated into the club's honorary legion.[4]
He was the father of Urho Korhonen, who competed in gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[2]
He died of cardiac arrest.[5]
References
- ^ "Riku Korhonen". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Vol. 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 136. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
- ^ Roni, Ranne (1951). Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 (in Finnish). Lahti. p. 44.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Roni, Ranne (1951). Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 (in Finnish). Lahti. p. 207.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Riku Korhonen kuollut". Karjala (in Finnish). Viipuri. 10 January 1932. p. 8. ISSN 0782-7024. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
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