Hugo Niskanen

{{short description|Finnish long-distance runner}} '''Hugo Olavi Niskanen''' (8 September 1920 – 4 December 2014) was a Finnish former long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kaavi.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/hugo-niskanen-1.html |accessdate=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214153017/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/hugo-niskanen-1.html |archivedate=14 December 2012 }}</ref>

Niskanen died in Outokumpu at age 94.<ref>ATHLETICS INTERNATIONAL VOL 23, NO. 1 – JANUARY 6, 2015</ref>

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