Raimo Pihl (born 28 October 1949) is a Swedish

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. He competed in the men's decathlon at the

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. Born in

Suodenniemi Suodenniemi is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. Suodenniemi was first consolidated into Vammala in 2007. On 1 January 2009, Vammala itself was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi to form the new named town of Sastamala. Ge ...

, Finland, Pihl moved to Sweden with his parents when he was three years old.

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1949 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swedish decathletes Olympic athletes for Sweden People from Sastamala Finnish emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Finnish descent Spårvägens FK athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub