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Finnish long distance runner
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Karstula, Finland
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24 December 1980 (aged 86 years)
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Place of death
Porvoo, Finland
Age
86 years
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164 cm
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Biography
Heikki Liimatainen (14 March 1894 in Karstula – 24 December 1980) was a Finnish male 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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Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Finnish male long-distance runners
Finnish male long-distance runners
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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