Pentti O. Snellman (18 February 1926 – 14 October 2007) was a Finnish

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's long jump at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. Snellmann married Aili Annikki Pekkanen (1931–2020) in 1960. Snellman practiced medicine in Finland for ten years and in the United States from 1972 until his retirement in 1991.

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* 1926 births 2007 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Finland Finnish emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Pori Athletes from Satakunta 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub