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Matti Niemi (rowing)

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Matti Niemi
Personal information
Birth nameMatti Juhani Niemi
Born (1937-06-06) 6 June 1937 (age 87)
Viljakkala, Finland
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1955 Ghent Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1956 Bled Coxed four

Matti Juhani Niemi (born 6 June 1937) is a Finnish rowing coxswain.

He was born in Viljakkala. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he coxed the Finnish boat that won the bronze medal in the coxed four event.[1]

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