Paavo Toivari

{{short description|Finnish middle-distance runner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

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| full_name = Paavo Veikko Toivari

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = Steeplechase

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|11|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|2|11|1917|1|11|df=yes}}

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Paavo Veikko Toivari (11 January 1917 – 11 February 2010) was a Finnish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/paavo-toivari-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/paavo-toivari-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Paavo Toivari Olympic Results |accessdate=19 November 2017}}