Eino Ilmari Oksanen (7 May 1931 – 10 August 2022)[1] was a Finnish marathon runner who won the Boston Marathon three times (1959, 1961 and 1962). Oksanen also won the 1957 Turku Marathon in Finland and the 1959 Athens Peace Marathon.
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| Born | 7 May 1931 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2022 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||||
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- ^ "Olympedia – Eino Oksanen". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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