Reima Salonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Reima Salonen

Finnish race walker and politician

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Taivassalo, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Profession: politician, athletics competitor

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955 in Taivassalo, Southwest Finland) is a retired race walker from Finland, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.
A former world record holder, he represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1980, 1984 and 1988). He was the bronze medallist at the 1976 World Championships in Athletics – a one-off 50 km walk competition to compensate for the dropping of the event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.