Uolevi Manninen

Deceased Person

1937 – 2009

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Who was Uolevi Manninen?

Uolevi Manninen was a Finnish Olympic basketball player and businessman.

Uolevi Manninen was involved in Finland's most successful basketball team, which participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and finished in 11th place, and Finland finished sixth place in the European Championships held in 1967.

The 202 cm Manninen also competed in the EM-Cup a total of four times and won the gold medal three times. Internationally, he played 106 times for the Finnish national basketball team.

He later became a businessman, working as Kalle Anttila's Managing Director for Anttila from 1976 to 1993 and in wholesale from 1993-1996.

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Born
Apr 7, 1937
Äänekoski
Died
Nov 10, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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