Olli Petteri Kolehmainen (born 31 May 1967 in
Mikkeli
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) is a
Finnish
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former
sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-2 1000 m events.
Four years later in
Barcelona
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, Kolehmainen was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-2 500 m event.
References
External links
Sports-Reference.com profile
1967 births
Living people
People from Mikkeli
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Finnish male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of Finland
Sportspeople from South Savo
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