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Born |
Helsinki, Finland |
October 16, 1950 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprint | ||||||||||||
Club | Viipurin Urheilijat, Helsinki | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Athletics Championships with a new world record time 50.14, which remains the Finnish record. At the 1976 Summer Olympics Salin finished seventh.
Riitta Salin is the sister of former ice hockey player Matti Hagman.