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Name
  
Reima Virtanen

Role
  
Boxer

Martial art
  
Boxing


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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Middleweight

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1972.XX Олимпиада.Бокс.Лемешев Вячеслав (СССР) vs Рейма Виртанен (Финляндия)


Reima Valdemar Virtanen (born November 5, 1947 in Kemi, Finnish Lapland) is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career. In the final Virtanen was knocked out in 2:17 of the first round by Vyacheslav Lemechev of the Soviet Union.

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Olympic results

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  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Titus Simba (Tanzania) 3-2
  • Defeated Witold Stachurski (Poland) TKO 3
  • Defeated Prince Amartey (Ghana) 3-2
  • Lost to Vyacheslav Lemeshev (Soviet Union) KO by 1

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    References

    Reima Virtanen Wikipedia
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