Lauri Johannes Virtanen also known as Lasse Virtanen (3 August 1904 – 8 February 1982) was a Finnish

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who competed at the

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.Lasse Virtanen
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Career

Virtanen won the British

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title in the 4 miles event at the British 1930 AAA Championships. Virtanen won bronze medals in the

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and

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during the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 1934 European Championships. His brother

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was an Olympic wrestler.

References

1904 births 1982 deaths Sportspeople from Salo, Finland Athletes from Southwest Finland Finnish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-Olympic-medalist-stub