"THE FLYING FINN"and WORLD CHAMPION:ANTTI KASVIO from FINLAND

Antti Kasvio

Antti Kasvio

Personal information
Full name	Antti Alexander Kasvio
Nationality	Finland
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Laaksolahden Viri
Date of birth	20 December 1973 (age 36)(1973-12-20)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Medal record[show] Men’s swimming Competitor for Finland Olympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona 200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle Silver 1994 Rome 400 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 1993 Palma 200 m freestyle Silver 1993 Palma 400 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 1993 Sheffield 200 m freestyle Gold 1993 Sheffield 400 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Vienna 200 m freestyle

Antti Kasvio (born 20 December 1973 in Espoo) is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Together with Jani Sievinen he was Finland's leading swimmer in the 1990s.

At the 1993 European Swimming Championships (long course) in Sheffield, Kasvio won the 200 and the 400 m freestyle. A year later, at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, he won the world title in the 200 m freestyle and captured the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle.

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[show] v • d • e World Long Course Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1973: Jim Montgomery (USA) • 1975: Timothy Shaw (USA) • 1978: William Forrester (USA) • 1982: Michael Gross (FRG) • 1986: Michael Gross (FRG) • 1991: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1994: Antti Kasvio (FIN) • 1998: Michael Klim (AUS) • 2001: Ian Thorpe (AUS) • 2003: Ian Thorpe (AUS) • 2005: Michael Phelps (USA) • 2007: Michael Phelps (USA) • 2009: Paul Biedermann (GER)

[show] v • d • e World Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN) · 1995: Gustavo Borges (BRA) · 1997: Gustavo Borges (BRA) · 1999: Ian Thorpe (AUS) · 2000: Béla Szabados (HUN) · 2002: Klete Keller (USA) · 2004: Michael Phelps (USA) · 2006: Ryk Neethling (RSA) · 2008: Kenrick Monk (AUS)

[show] v • d • e European Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1970: Hans Fassnacht (FRG) • 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1981: Sergey Kopliakov (URS) • 1983: Michael Gross (FRG) • 1985: Michael Gross (FRG) • 1987: Anders Holmertz (SWE) • 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1991: Artur Wojdat (POL) • 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN) • 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1997: Paul Palmer (GBR) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2006: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2008: Paul Biedermann (GER)

[show] v • d • e European Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle 1926: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: István Bárány (HUN) • 1934: Jean Taris (FRA) • 1938: Björn Borg (SWE) • 1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1954: György Csordás (HUN) • 1958: Ian Black (GBR) • 1962: Jan Bontekoe (NED) • 1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR) • 1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE) • 1974: Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) • 1977: Sergey Rusin (URS) • 1981: Borut Petrič (YUG) • 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR) • 1987: Uwe Daßler (GDR) • 1989: Artur Wojdat (POL) • 1991: Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS) • 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN) • 1995: Steffen Zesner (GER) • 1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 1999: Paul Palmer (GBR) • 2000: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2004: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)

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