Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955, in Taivassalo, Southwest Finland) is a retired race walker from Finland, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. A former world record holder, he represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1980, 1984 and 1988).
He was the bronze medalist at the 1976 World Championships in Athletics – a one-off 50 km walk competition to compensate for the dropping of the event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
International competitions 1976World ChampionshipsMalmö, Sweden3rd50 km1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union9th20 km1:31:32—50 kmDNF1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 1st50 km3:55:291983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12th20 km1:22:511984Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States4th50 km3:58:301988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea42nd20 km1:28:2518th50 km3:51:36
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