Heikki Liimatainen (athlete)

Heikki Liimatainen

Heikki Liimatainen at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1894-03-14)14 March 1894 Karstula, Finland
Died	24 December 1980(1980-12-24) (aged 86) Porvoo, Finland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Cross country
Medal record Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Cross country team 1924 Paris Cross country team 1920 Antwerp Individual cross country

Heikki Liimatainen (14 March 1894 – 24 December 1980) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in cross country running.

He competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the individual bronze medal in cross country running and helped the Finnish team of Paavo Nurmi and Teodor Koskenniemi win gold. He returned four years later to the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he again won the gold medal with Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the Finnish cross country team.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heikki Liimatainen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.