Tapio_Pöyhönen

Tapio Pöyhönen

Tapio Pöyhönen

Finnish basketball player

Tapio ("Tappari") Pöyhönen (19 November 1927 – 27 August 2011) was a Finnish basketball player. He was born in Helsinki and grew up in Isku.[1] He competed in 1950 World Cup qualifiers in Nice, the 1951 European Championships in Paris, and the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1][2] He later served on the Finnish Olympic Committee.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "Tapio Pöyhönen on poissa". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tapio Pöyhönen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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