Kaarlo Maaninka

Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood transfusions at the 1980 Olympics, though this was not against the rules at that time.

25 December 1953

Born on the same birth day (25 December): Akong Rinpoche • Ali Tandoğan • Chris Kenner • Duane Armstrong • Emmanuel Amunike • Ernst Ruska • Eve Pollard • Hanna Schygulla • Hilary Spurling • Hyun Young-min • Ian Bostridge • Jeremy Strong • Jimmy Buffett • Kay Hymowitz • Laura Sadler • Malak Hifni Nasif • Mansoor Akhtar • Noel Odell • Pete Rugolo • Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester • Ravish Malhotra • Shawn Andrews • Sydney, Lady Morgan

Born in the same month (December 1953): Betty Wright • Chris Bury • Gerrit W. Gong • Graham Vick • Jane Badler • John Malkovich • Kevin Beattie • Makis Katsavakis • Martin Ferguson (politician) • Robert Charles Wilson • Tom Hulce