Heikki Mäkelä (born 19 February 1946 in

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) is a

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sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in three

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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at

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in 1968.

References

* 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Lahti Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Finland {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub