Eino Ilmari Oksanen (7 May 1931 – 10 August 2022)
was a Finnish marathon runner who won the
Boston Marathon
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three times (1959, 1961 and 1962). Oksanen also won the 1957
Turku Marathon
The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is an annual marathon road running race held during summer in Turku, Finland, the birth city of Paavo Nurmi. Although various marathons have been held in Turku since 1910, the Paavo Nurmi Marathon was established in 1992 ...
in Finland and the 1959
Athens Peace Marathon
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.
See also
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List of winners of the Boston Marathon
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References
General references
* https://www.arrs.run/HP_AtEMa.htm
* https://www.arrs.run/HP_PNTMa.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070909174516/http://arrs.net/ATM_Mara1956.htm
External links
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1931 births
2022 deaths
Sportspeople from Jyväskylä
Finnish male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Finland
Boston Marathon male winners
20th-century Finnish people
21st-century Finnish people
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