Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955, in

Taivassalo Taivassalo (; ) is a municipality of Finland, about from the city of Turku. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municip ...

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

) is a retired

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

from

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in

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. A former

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holder, he represented his native country in three

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(1980, 1984 and 1988). He was the bronze medalist at the 1976 World Championships in Athletics – a one-off 50 km walk competition to compensate for the dropping of the event at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

.IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013
(pg. 179). IAAF/ AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.

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* * 1955 births Living people People from Taivassalo Athletes from Southwest Finland Finnish male race walkers Olympic male race walkers Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World record setters in athletics (track and field) Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub