About Reima Salonen
Born 1955. Reima Salonen is a Finnish politician and athletics competitor.
Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955, in Taivassalo, Southwest Finland) is a retired race walker from Finland, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. A former world record holder, he represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1980, 1984 and 1988).
He was the bronze medalist at the 1976 World Championships in Athletics – a one-off 50 km walk competition to compensate for the dropping of the event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Who is Reima Salonen?
Finnish race walker and politician
When was Reima Salonen born?
Reima Salonen was born on 19 November 1955 in Taivassalo.
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Reima Salonen is a politician and athletics competitor.
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Reima Salonen is Finnish.
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