(1950-10-16) October 16, 1950 (age 73) Helsinki, Finland
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport
Sprint
Club
Viipurin Urheilijat, Helsinki
Medal record
Representing Finland
European Championships
1974 Rome
400 m
1974 Rome
4x400m relay
Riitta Liisa Salin (née Hagman, born 16 October 1950[1]) is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
She won the gold medal in 1974 European Athletics Championships with a new world record time 50.14, which remains the Finnish record. At the 1976 Summer Olympics Salin finished seventh.[1]
Riitta Salin is the sister of former ice hockey player Matti Hagman.
Riitta Liisa Salin (née Hagman, born 16 October 1950) is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She won the gold medal in 1974 European...
championship in the 4 × 400 m relay. Salin is married to RiittaSalin, former world record holder in women's 400 metres. Ari Salin at Tilastopaja (in Finnish)...
basketball player Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023), composer RiittaSalin (born 1950), athlete Sasu Salin, Finnish basketball player Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958)...
championship record for five years, after which it was broken by Finland's RiittaSalin, and remained the French record for the 400 m for much longer and was...
1973 Moscow, Soviet Union 300 m 37.48 RiittaSalin 26 June 1976 London, United Kingdom 400 m 50.14 RiittaSalin 4 September 1974 European Championships...
3 min 1971 Faina Melnik Soviet Union Men Discus throw 64.22 m 1974 RiittaSalin Finland Women 400 metres 50.14 sec 1974 Doris Maletzki Renate Stecher...
400 metres details RiittaSalin Finland 50.14 CR, NR (WR) Ellen Streidt East Germany 50.69 Rita Wilden West Germany 50.88 Salin's winning time was interpreted...
Ruina (born 1998), Finnish-Israeli basketball player RiittaSalin (born 1950), athlete Sasu Salin (born 1991), Finnish basketball player Teemu Selänne...
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