Eino Oksanen
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| Born | 7 May 1931 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2022 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eino Ilmari Oksanen (7 May 1931 – 10 August 2022)[1] was a Finnish marathon runner who won the Boston Marathon three times (1959, 1961 and 1962). Oksanen also won the 1957 Turku Marathon in Finland and the 1959 Athens Peace Marathon.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Olympedia – Eino Oksanen". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Eino Oksanen at Olympedia
- Olympic Day Marathon - Marathon to Athens GRE - Race Winners (22 runnings)
- Paavo Nurmi Marathon - Turku FIN - Race Winners (25 runnings)
- "World Marathon Rankings for 1956". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007.
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