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Nationality | Finnish |
Born | Tampere, Finland | 2 December 1960
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Sport | Boxing |
Pekka Laasanen (born 2 December 1960) is a Finnish boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]
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