Aarne Pohjonen
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Luhanka, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Vaasa, Finland
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 Pohjonen in 1938 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aarne Anders Pohjonen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1886 Luhanka, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 December 1938 (aged 52) Vaasa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ylioppilasvoimistelijat | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aarne Anders Pohjonen (29 March 1886 – 22 December 1938) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Pohjonen's parents were provost Jaakko Pohjonen and Amanda Maria Taube. He married Tyyne Matilda Riekki in 1925.[1] She was an adoptive sister of Esko Riekki.[2]
He completed his matriculation exam in the Jyväskylä Lyseo in 1904 and graduated as a Licentiate of Medicine from the University of Helsinki in 1914.[1]
He started in the public sector as a medical intern and then worked as a physician until 1938. In the military sector, he was a White Guard volunteer in the Finnish Civil War. Then he worked as a medical officer in the Finnish Defence Forces in 1918–1930, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel (med.).[3] He specialized in tuberculosis.[4]
He sat in the city council of Vaasa in 1933–1938.[5]
He received the following honorary awards:[1]
- Commemorative Medal of the Liberation War
- Cross of Liberty, 4th Class; 1918
- Knight (Chevalier) of the White Rose of Finland, 1923
He died of cancer and was buried at the Vaasa New Cemetery.[4][6]
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