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Olavi Antero Ahonen (January 31, 1941 – April 16, 1995) 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.
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. With the national team he also won the Nordic championship in 1966.




Trophies and awards


Jersey #7 retired by Tampereen Pyrintö
Sixth place in EuroBasket 1967
Nordic Championship 1966
Finnish Cup 1969




References






External links


"Olavi Ahonen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
"National Team Statistics". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
"Olavi Ahonen profile". fiba.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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