Veikko Salminen (born 12 August 1945) is a Finnish

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

and épée fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team

modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

event at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. His daughter, Laura Salminen, and son, Ismo Salminen, are also a modern pentathlon athletes.

References

1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Finland Olympic modern pentathletes for Finland Finnish male modern pentathletes Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Finland-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub