About Reima Virtanen
Born 1947. Reima Virtanen is a Finnish boxer.
Reima Valdemar Virtanen (born 5 November 1947 in Kemi, Finnish Lapland) is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career. In the final Virtanen was knocked out in 2:17 of the first round by Vyacheslav Lemechev of the Soviet Union.
Olympic results 1st round bye Defeated Titus Simba (Tanzania) 3–2 Defeated Witold Stachurski (Poland) TKO 3 Defeated Prince Amartey (Ghana) 3–2 Lost to Vyacheslav Lemeshev (Soviet Union) KO by 1
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Reima Virtanen was born on 5 November 1947 in Kemi.
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Reima Virtanen is a boxer.
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Reima Virtanen is Finnish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Reima Virtanen. https://biography.guide/reima-virtanen/
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