Olavi Ahonen | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 31 January 1941 |
Birth Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Death Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Career Start: | 1960 |
Career End: | 1977 |
Years1: | 1960–1970 |
Team1: | Tampereen Pyrintö |
Years2: | 1970–1977 |
Team2: | Pispalan Tarmo |
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Olavi Antero Ahonen (January 31, 1941 – April 16, 1995)[1] was a Finnish basketball player. 184 cm tall Ahonen played for Tampereen Pyrintö and Pispalan Tarmo in Korisliiga. Pyrintö has retired Ahonen's jersey but allowes players to use his number 7.[2]
Ahonen had also 51 caps in Finland national basketball team and belonged to the Finnish squad in EuroBasket 1967 that achieved the sixth place, country's best position in men's international basketball competitions until then.[3] With the national team he also won the Nordic championship in 1966.[4]