Olavi Leimuvirta

Olavi Leimuvirta won his first Finnish national gymnastics title in 1953 and continued to collect victories over the next decade. The pinnacle of his career came at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where he won a bronze medal with the team and had a best individual finish of joint-eighth in the parallel bars. The previous year he had been Nordic champion on the pommel horse and competed at the European Championships. In 1957 he was the Nordic champion in the parallel bars, which was again his highest individual finish at the 1960 Rome Olympics, where he placed 16th. At the latter tournament, the Finnish team placed sixth. Following his retirement from active competition, he remained active in the sport as an administrator, coach, and judge.