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The Finland men's national basketball team represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland.
Kalevi Oikarainen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed between the 1950s and the 1970s.
Juhani Jorma Kalevi Wahlsten was a Finnish professional ice hockey player and ice hockey coach who worked as an exercise and gymnastics teacher in Finland. He was also known by the nickname "Juuso". He also established and helped guide the early development of ringette in Finland, the first European country to do so.
The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. Forty athletes from 24 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Cornelius Johnson of the United States. It was the nation's ninth victory in the men's high jump. Johnson's fellow Americans Dave Albritton and Delos Thurber took silver and bronze to complete the podium sweep, the second time the United States had taken all three medals in the event.
Kalevi Pakarinen was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Deniss Karpak is an Estonian sailor.
Kalevi Valdemar Lehtovirta was a Finnish football striker who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Kalevi Johannes Lahdenranta is a retired Finnish weightlifter. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight and super heavyweight categories, respectively, and finished in seventh place in both games. In 1970, he won a bronze and a silver medal at the world and European championships. He set four world records in the snatch between 1970 and 1974.
Kalevi Eskelinen is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1969. Additionally, he competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Kalevi is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Börje Kalevi Strand was a Finnish sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Pentti Kalevi Karvonen was a Finnish steeplechase runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Karvonen died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 90.
Erkki Mustakari is a Finnish athlete and sports journalist. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Kalevi Kosunen is a Finnish boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kalevi Rassa was a Finnish ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Kalevi Vähäkylä is a Finnish biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Keihäsmatkat was a Finnish travel agency active in the 1960s and 1970s, making flights from Finland to continental Spain and to the Canary Islands with almost 100,000 passengers per year from 1965 to 1974. The founder and CEO of the company was Kalevi Keihänen, known for his extravagant behaviour and unique style of dress. The company specialised in week-long holiday flights to Spain.
Åke Kalevi Keihänen was a Finnish travel agency entrepreneur, director of Keihäsmatkat and a groundbreaking figure in Finnish tourism. Keihänen became known for his extravagant behaviour, long hair and unique style of dress – in advertisement photography, he wore a chinchilla fur coat with only a pair of swimming trunks underneath. The coat was said to have cost him 120,000 markka. Keihänen was said to have copied his style of dress from the Danish travel agency entrepreneur Simon Spies.
Kalevi Lilja was a Finnish footballer. He played in two matches for the Finland national football team from 1952 to 1956. He was also part of Finland's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
Events in the year 2022 in Finland.
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- ↑ "Kalevi Kostiainen". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
