Career
Born in Äänekoski, Uolevi Manninen was involved in Finland"s most successful basketball team, which participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and finished in 11th place, and Finland finished sixth place in the European Championships held in 1967. Internationally, he played 106 times for the Finnish national basketball team He later became a businessman, working as Kalle Anttila"s Managing Director for Anttila from 1976 to 1993 and in wholesale from 1993-1996.