Which famous people have you outlived?

Veikko Karvonen

Athletics (sport) competitor

Died when: 81 years 208 days (978 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Veikko Karvonen

Veikko Leo Karvonen (5 January 1926 – 1 August 2007) was a Finnish long-distance runner who mainly competed in the marathon.He won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

At the 1954 European Championships he won the gold medal in the marathon and the following year won the Boston Marathon.


Related People

Fanny Blankers-Koen
Athletics (sport) competitor
Maria Kwaśniewska
Athletics (sport) competitor
Ondina Valla
Athletics (sport) competitor
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License