Olli Partanen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish discus thrower
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Place of Birth: Kouvola, Southern Finland Province, Finland
About Olli Partanen
- Heikki Olavi ("Olli") Partanen (18 August 1922, in Kouvola – 15 June 2014) was a Finnish discus thrower.
- Partanen won EM-bronze in the discus throw in Bryssel 1950 with the result 48,69.
- He was born in Kouvola.
- Partanen performed his record 50,14 25 September 1949 in Karhula.
- He represented Kouvolan Urheilijat (Finnish.
- The Sportsmen of Kouvola) in the club level.
- During the Second World War he served Nazi Germany in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS.
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