Osmo Koivunen

Osmo Eino Olavi Koivunen, born in Hausjärvi on 24 December 1914 and died in Helsinki on 14 October 1970, was a Finnish ten-pin bowling world champion. At the 1954 world championships in Helsinki he won four medals: gold in doubles with Odin Koskinen, silver in the individual event, losing to Gösta Algeskog of Sweden, and in the eight-man team event, and bronze in the five-man team event. At the 1958 championships in Helsingborg he won the world title in the five-man team event and silver in the eight-man event. He won the Finnish four-man team title with Keila-Miehet in 1958, also represented Keila 45, set a Finnish eight-game record of 1905 in 1959, and rowed for the club Soutumiehet.