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Turun Weikot

Turun Weikot

Finnish sports club

Turun Weikot (TuWe for short) is a sports club from Turku, Finland. It was established in 1912. TuWe is organized in seven sections; football, athletics, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, volleyball and weightlifting. The club is a member of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.

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The most successful TuWe athletes are Reima Salonen, the 1982 European champion in Men's 50 kilometres walk, and the wrestler Onni Pellinen who won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in 1924 and 1928.

Football

Turun Weikot men's first squad currently plays in the Finnish fourth tier Kolmonen and the women's squad in the second tier Naisten Ykkönen. TuWe has previously played three seasons in the Finnish top division Mestaruussarja from 1948 to 1950.[1] The most notable TuWe player is Veeti Niemine, he was capped 44 times by the Finland national team.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2014 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22. February 2015.
  2. [2]
    Kalevi Lehtovirta National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Home". finlandfootball.net.


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