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Finland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 117 competitors, 107 men and 10 women, took part in 92 events in 14 sports.
Veli-Matti Lindström is a Finnish former ski jumper. His career best achievement was a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, as well as two championships at the Ski Flying World Cup in Planica in the team event in 2002 and 2003.
Veli Selim Saarinen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics.
Finland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 129 competitors, 123 men and 6 women, took part in 84 events in 16 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Helsinki, the flag of Finland is flown at the closing ceremony.
Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. The nation won 22 medals.
Finland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 64 competitors, 63 men and 1 woman, took part in 62 events in 14 sports.
Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Finland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Heikki Veli Nieminen was a Finnish gymnast and sports shooter, who won two bronzes competing in the 1908, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
Jouni Veli Juhani Seistamo was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played for Tappara in the SM-liiga. Seistamo was born in Tampere on 9 November 1939. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. He also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics. Seistamo died in January 2022, at the age of 82.
Georgiy Chygayev is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the flyweight division who qualified for the 2008 Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2008 European championships.
Veli Këlcyra (1862-1924), usually referred as Veli Bey Këlcyra, was an Albanian influential bey and one of the delegates during the Albanian Declaration of Independence.
Veli Veikko Valtteri Lehtelä was a Finnish rower. He competed in various two-man and four man events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1956 and 1960. His son Jorma Lehtelä also became an Olympic rower.
Veli Veikko Koota is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the third round of the men's bantamweight division to Venezuela's eventual silver medalist Bernardo Piñango.
Veli-Pekka Harjola is a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 1000 m and the K-4 1000 m events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Veli Autio was a Finnish rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Teuvo Veli-Pekka Vilen is a Finnish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Fazlija Šaćirović is a Yugoslav boxer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to Veli Koota of Finland.
Kamber Ali (1869–1950) was the 3rd Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order. He served as Dedebaba for only several months in 1944, and was arrested by the Communists in December 1944 since he had fought for the Balli Kombëtar. He died in prison in Tirana in 1950.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veli Balli Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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