Finnish Athletics Federation ( fi, Suomen Urheiluliitto ry, abbr. SUL; sv, Finlands Friidrottsförbund rf) is the governing body of
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
Finnish Sports Federation
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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which is the main governing body of
Sport in Finland
Sport is considered a national pastime in Finland and many Finns visit different sporting events regularly. Pesäpallo is the national sport of Finland, although the most popular forms of sport in terms of television viewers and media coverage ar ...
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Presidents
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Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as Prime Minister ...
1932–1947
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Lauri Miettinen Lauri may refer to:
* Lauri (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Lauri (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Lauri, Põlva County, a village in Estonia
* Lauri, Rapla County, a village in Estonia
* Lauri, Võru ...
Jukka Uunila Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males.
History
Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registere ...
1965–1974
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Yrjö Kokko
Yrjö Olavi Samuli Kokko (16 October 1903 in Sortavala – 6 September 1977 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer and veterinarian. He wrote more than 20 books, among them ''Pessi and Illusia'' (''Pessi ja Illusia'', 1944), ''Singing Swan of fate Bird ...
Tapani Ilkka Tapani may refer to:
* Tapani (name), a Finnish male given name
* Tapani (surname), a Finnish surname
* Tapani, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
* Tapani Incident
The Tapani incident or Tapani uprising in 1915 was one of the biggest ...
1983–1990
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Ilkka Kanerva
Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva (28 January 1948 – 14 April 2022) was a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Southwest Finland. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs ...
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...