Eino Matias Mäkinen (13 June 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Finnish heavyweight

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. He won two bronze medals at the world championships in 1955 and 1961 and five medals at the European championships in 1954–1961, including a gold in 1955. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964

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with the best result of fifth place in 1956 and 1960.

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1926 births 2014 deaths Olympic weightlifters for Finland Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ylöjärvi Finnish male weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Finnish sportsmen 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-weightlifting-bio-stub