Matti Niemi (rowing)

{{short description|Finnish rower}}

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| birth_name = Matti Juhani Niemi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|6|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Viljakkala, Finland

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry| {{FIN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1956 Melbourne|Coxed four}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Rowing Championships}}

{{MedalSilver |1955 Ghent | Coxed pair}}

{{MedalGold | 1956 Bled | Coxed four}}

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Matti Juhani Niemi (born 6 June 1937) is a Finnish rowing coxswain.

He was born in Viljakkala. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he coxed the Finnish boat that won the bronze medal in the coxed four event.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/matti-niemi-1.html profile]