Matti Launonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish paralympic table tennis player
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Place of Birth: Kuopio, Eastern Finland Province, Finland
About Matti Launonen
- Matti Launonen (31 May 1944 – 23 March 2019) was a Finnish para table tennis player who competed until his sudden death in 2019.
- He was one of the first table tennis players to win a world title in the para table tennis championships in Assen, Netherlands and a European title in Salou, Spain.Launonen was seriously injured aged 18 in a car accident while travelling at more than 80 km/h, the car he was driving had handbrake fault and he couldn't stop the car: the car suddenly turned and rolled around. He had a fall at his home and suffered a leg injury but died at hospital aged 74 in Florida.
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See Also
- Famous People's Birthdays on 31 May, Finland
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