Reima Virtanen

Reima Virtanen
Personal information
Born November 5, 1947

Reima Valdemar Virtanen (born November 5, 1947 in Kemi, Finnish Lapland) is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division ( 75 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career. In the final Virtanen was knocked out in 2:17 of the first round by Vyacheslav Lemechev of the Soviet Union.

Olympic results

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Titus Simba (Tanzania) 3-2
  • Defeated Witold Stachurski (Poland) TKO 3
  • Defeated Prince Amartey (Ghana) 3-2
  • Lost to Vyacheslav Lemeshev (Soviet Union) KO by 1

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