Riitta Liisa Salin (née Hagman, born 16 October 1950
Retrieved 8 July 2013.) is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the

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. She won the gold medal in

1974 European Athletics Championships The 11th European Athletics Championships of 1974 were held from 2 September to 8 September in Italy, at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results were p ...

with a new

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time 50.14, which remains the Finnish record. 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 ...

Salin finished seventh. Riitta Salin is the sister of former

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player Matti Hagman.

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1950 births Living people Athletes from Helsinki Finnish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Finland World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub