Reino Richard Poutanen (21 February 1928 – 14 April 2007) was a Finnish rower who competed in 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 ...

and in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. He was born in

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

. In 1956 he was a crew member of the Finnish boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. He was also part of the Finnish boat which was eliminated in the repêchage of the coxless four competition. Four years later he was eliminated with the Finnish boat in the semi-finals of the coxed four event.

External links

Reino Poutanen's profile at Sports Reference.com
1928 births 2007 deaths Finnish male rowers Olympic rowers for Finland Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists Rowers from Turku 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-rowing-bio-stub