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Väinö Muinonen

Finnish distance runner (1898–1978).

Born December 30th, 1898 in Lappeenranta.

Died June 10th, 1978 at 79 years old in Imatra.

Occupations
long-distance runner

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel