Matti Juhani Niemi (born 6 June 1937) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

rowing

coxswain The coxswain ( or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the wiktionary:cockboat, cockboat, a ...

. He was born in

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. At the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

he coxed the Finnish boat that won the bronze medal in the coxed four event.profile
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* 1937 births Living people Sportspeople from Ylöjärvi Finnish male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for Finland Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-rowing-bio-stub