Viktor Platan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viktor Platan

pentathlete from Finland

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1919

Place of Birth: Lappeenranta, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 12-Jan-2013

Profession: modern pentathlete, pentathlete

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Viktor Platan (16 October 1919 — 12 January 2013) was a Finnish pentathlete.
He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished 10th in a field of 45 participants in the individual event.
He also finished 13th among 14 athletes in the winter pentathlon demonstration event at the 1948 Winter Olympics, after failing to complete the program.
He then competed at the 1949, 1950, and 1951 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, winning silver medals with the Finnish team in each and an individual bronze medal in 1949.
He was born in Lappeenranta.