Heikki Liimatainen
Olympic athlete
1894 – 1980
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Who was Heikki Liimatainen?
Heikki Liimatainen was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.
He competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the Cross Country where he won the bronze medal and helped the Finnish team of multiple gold medalist Paavo Nurmi and Teodor Koskenniemi. He returned four years later to the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the Cross Country Team where he again won the gold medal with the gold and silver medal winners Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola
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- Born
- Mar 14, 1894
Karstula - Nationality
- Finland
- Lived in
- Karstula
- Died
- Dec 24, 1980
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on July 23, 2013
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