Arvo Aaltonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arvo Aaltonen

Finnish swimmer

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1892

Place of Birth: Pori, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1949

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Arvo Ossian Aaltonen (2 December 1892 – 17 June 1949) was a Finnish breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
He won bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m events in 1920, and failed to reach the finals in 1912 and 1924.Aaltonen was the first, and until 1992 the only Finnish Olympic medalist in swimming.
He won the 200 m event at the 1923 Nordic Championships, and he held 22 Finnish titles: in the 100 m (1912, 1915–17), 200 m (1909, 1911–13, 1915–16, 1919–21, 1923, 1925–27) and 400 m (1912–13, 1915–17).
In 1924–30 and 1946–47 he was a board member of the Finnish Swimming Federation.
He immigrated to Canada in 1929, but returned to Finland in 1937.