Eero Salonen Explained

Eero Ilmari Salonen (25 July 1932, Helsinki – 22 May 2006, Thailand) was a Finnish basketball player.

He played for the Finland national basketball team from 1952 until 1959, wearing jersey number 11. He competed with that team in the 1952 Summer Olympics^[1] and the EuroBasket championships of 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959.

After his retirement, Salonen lived in Thailand with his Thai wife.^[2]

External links

• Urheilutoimittaja Eero Salonen, Helsinki Sanomat

Notes and References

1. Eero Salonen Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/eero-salonen-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 June 2018.
2. Web site: Eero Salonen . . March 14, 2017 . Finnish.