Eino Mäkinen

Eino Mäkinen

Personal information
Born	13 June 1926 Kuru, Finland
Died	13 August 2014 (aged 88) Tampere, Finland
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100–113 kg
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Representing  Finland World Weightlifting Championships 1955 Munich +90 kg 1961 Vienna +90 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1954 Vienna +90 kg 1955 Munich +90 kg 1957 Katowice +90 kg 1959 Warsaw +90 kg 1961 Vienna +90 kg

Eino Matias Mäkinen (13 June 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Finnish heavyweight weightlifter. He won two bronze medals at the world championships in 1955 and 1961 and five medals at the European championships in 1954–1961, including a gold in 1955. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of fifth place in 1956 and 1960.^[1][2]

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