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Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
About Kalevi Suoniemi
- Kalevi Ensio Suoniemi (14 July 1931 – 17 June 2010) was a Finnish gymnast.
- He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a team bronze medal.
- His best individual result was ninth place on the pommel horse.
- Suoniemi won an individual bronze medal on the rings at the 1957 European Championships. Suoniemi was born two months early because his mother had a bad fall while cleaning the floor.
- He survived owing to the help from his grandmother, who was a nurse and was nearby.
- He took up gymnastics in 1946 and had his first international competition in 1950.
- He married in 1953, and had a son Ari born in 1954 and a daughter Sirpa born in 1958.
- He retired from competitions in the early 1960s and in 1964–68 worked as a gymnastics coach.
- His trainees included Hannu Rantakari, who won an individual Olympic bronze medal in 1964.
- Later he worked in construction of electrical facilities.
- He was also active in local politics and took various posts at the Tampere City Council in 1960–1972 and 2000–2004.
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