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 (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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- 1922 births
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- People from Kouvola
- Finnish male discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Finnish Waffen-SS personnel
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