Väinö Muinonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Väinö Muinonen

Finnish distance runner

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Lappeenranta, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 10-Jun-1978

Profession: long-distance runner

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Viktor ("Väinö") Muinonen (30 December 1898, Lappeenranta – 10 June 1978) was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Born in Imatra, Muinonen is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1938 European Championships in Paris, France.
He set his personal best of 2:33:03 in 1946, at the age of 47.