Uolevi Manninen
Uolevi Manninen (7 April 1937 – 10 November 2009) was a Finnish Olympic basketball player and businessman.
Born in Äänekoski , Uolevi Manninen was involved in Finland's most successful basketball team, which participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and finished in 11th place,[1] and Finland finished sixth place in the European Championships held in 1967.
The 202 cm (6 ft 7.5 inch) 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.[2]
He later became a businessman, working as Kalle Anttila's Managing Director for Anttila from 1976 to 1993 and in wholesale from 1993–1996.
References
- ^ Painilainen, Jukka (June 4, 2004). "Hyväkuntoiset herrasmiehet koolla Rymättylässä". Turun Sanomat. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Olympiaedustaja Uolevi Manninen on poissa". Suomen Koripalloliitto. November 12, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
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