Ilmari Salminen

Ilmari Salminen. Self: Valmisteluja Helsingin Olympialaiskisoja varten. Champion long distance runner Ilmari Salminen was born on September 21, 1902 in Elimaki, Finland. Salminen initially took up running at age twenty-seven and began his international athletics career in 1934 by winning the men's 10,000 meters and taking the bronze medal in the men's 5,000 meters at the first European Championships in Turin, Italy. Ilmari went on to place sixth in the...