Eino Oksanen
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Born7 May 1931
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Oksanen, at left, in a 1964 race | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 May 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| 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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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.[2]