Kalevi Vilho Tapio ”Kallu” Tuominen (9 August 1927 – 23 January 2020) was a Finnish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

coach and player and sports executive, who also played

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

and

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at the national top-tier level as well as practiced many other sports. He worked as the overall head coach of the Finnish Olympic Committee between 1969 and 1992. In basketball, the Jantunen played his whole

SM-sarja SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for ''Suomen mestaruussarja'', "Finnish Championship Series". There was variable number of teams playing for the Finnish championship dur ...

career for

Tampereen Pyrintö Tampereen Pyrintö ry is a Finland, Finnish Sports club, multi-sport club from Tampere. Pyrintö representatives have achieved several Olympic medals and other success. In the year 2017, Pyrintö has sport sections in cross-country skiing (spor ...

and also coached the team between 1960 and 1964. He was capped 11 times as a player and was a long-time head coach of Finland men's national team in its peak era. During Tuominen's coaching years 1955–1969 Finland qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only Finnish ball game team still in 2016 that has advanced to the Olympics through qualification), where it placed 11th, and played in seven EuroBaskets (1955 uominen as player-coach 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1967). In EuroBasket 1967 arranged in Finland, the host team placed sixth, which is still in 2016 Finland's best position in EuroBasket.

Finland women's national basketball team The Finland women's national basketball team represents Finland in international women's basketball competitions. They are governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has appeared in five editions of the EuroBasket Women, EuroBasket between 1952 a ...

placed 11th with Tuominen's guidance in

EuroBasket 1956 Women The 1956 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 5th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia and took place June 2–10, 1956. The Soviet Union won their fourth consecutive ...

. He also worked as a FIBA-licensed referee. Tuominen was inducted to the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame as one of its first members in 2009. Pyrintö has retired Tuominen's jersey but allows players to use his number 15. Tuominen died after a long illness at Suursuo Hospital in Helsinki on 23 January 2020, aged 92.

Trophies, awards and achievements

* Inducted in

Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame The Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of basketball in Finland. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from th ...

* Jersey #15 retired by Tampereen Pyrintö

Basketball (player)

* 10th place in

EuroBasket 1955 The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) enter ...

silver medal in 1958

Basketball (coach)

* Finland national team **

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

(11th) ** six EuroBaskets, 6th place in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

* Finland women's national team ** 11th in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuominen, Kalevi 1927 births 2020 deaths Men's association football players not categorized by position Basketball referees Finnish basketball coaches Finnish men's footballers Finnish male handball players Finnish men's basketball players Basketball players from Tampere Tampereen Pyrintö players 20th-century Finnish sportsmen