Aarne Ihamo Salovaara (born Arne Ihamo Nylenius, 25 December 1887 – 11 September 1945) was a Finnish athlete who won two Olympic medals and two Finnish championships.

Athletics

Olympic Games

National

He won the Finnish national championships in a combined sports competition Urheilukuninkuuskilpailut in 1904 and 1906. Salovaara was a district secretary in the Finnish gymnastics and sport federation SVUL in 1906–1907, a district chairman in 1910–1911, and a member of the board of SVUL in 1913 and 1926. He was the chairman of the club Kotkan Into intermittently in 1915–1927.

Personal

Salovaara finnicized his name from Nylenius on 12 May 1906. He took part in a Fennoman protest in 1908 and was relegated from his university for one term. He was a board member of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki in 1913–1914. He was the councillor of municipal court in Kotka in 1915–1945. He was active in the Kotka White Guard, where he reached the rank of vääpeli.

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