Iivari Partanen

{{short description|Finnish artistic gymnast}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Iivari Partanen

| image = Iivari Partanen circa 1905.png

| alt =

| caption = Partanen {{Circa|1905}}

| full_name = Ivar Aleksander Partanen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|07|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Viipuri, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|04|08|1880|07|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Helsinki, Finland

| discipline = MAG

| country = Finland

| natlteam =

| club = Viipurin Reipas

}}

Ivar Aleksander "Iivari" Partanen (16 July 1880 – 8 April 1947) was a Finnish gymnast who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29814 |title=Iivari Partanen |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 March 2021}}

class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center;" |+ Iivari Partanen at the Olympic Games
Games !Event !Rank !Notes
1908 Summer Olympics |Artistic individual all-around | 85th | Source: {{cite magazine | date = 8 August 1908 | title = Heptathlon Gymnastics Competition | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5325208t/f2.item.zoom | magazine = Les Jeunes | publisher = Fédération gymnastique et sportive des patronages de France | page = 2 | access-date = 25 June 2020 | via = Gallica}}

He was part of the Viipurin Reipas team that won the gymnastics Finnish national championship in 1903,{{cite book | last1 = Roni | first1 = Ranne | year = 1951 | title = Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 | language = fi | location = Lahti | pages = 217–218 }} 1906{{cite book | last1 = Roni | first1 = Ranne | year = 1951 | title = Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 | language = fi | location = Lahti | page = 44}} and 1912. He was nominated into their honorary legion.{{cite book | last1 = Roni | first1 = Ranne | year = 1951 | title = Viipurin Reipas vv. 1891–1951 | language = fi | location = Lahti | page = 207}}