Reima Virtanen

Finnish boxer
Reima Virtanen
Personal information
Born5 November 1947 (1947-11-05) (age 76)
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Bucharest Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Madrid Middleweight

Reima Valdemar Virtanen (born 5 November 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

References

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