Leo Vainonen (born 26 June 1952) is a Swedish boxer. He competed at the

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and the 1980 Summer Olympics. Vainonen is of Ingrian Finnish descent through his parents who had moved to Sweden from

Ingria Ingria is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia. It lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and by the River Narva on the border with Esto ...

, Soviet Union, due to World War II.

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* 1952 births Living people Swedish male boxers Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gävle Light-middleweight boxers 20th-century Swedish people People of Ingrian Finnish descent Swedish people of Finnish descent {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub