Uolevi Manninen (April 7, 1937, Äänekoski - November 10, 2009) was a Finnish Olympic basketball player and businessman.
Uolevi Manninen was involved in Finland's most successful basketball team, which participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and finished in 11th place,[1] and Finland finished sixth place in the European Championships held in 1967.
The 202 cm (6 ft 7.5 inch) Manninen also competed in the EM-Cup a total of four times and won the gold medal three times. Internationally, he played 106 times for the Finnish national basketball team.[2]
He later became a businessman, working as Kalle Anttila's Managing Director for Anttila from 1976 to 1993 and in wholesale from 1993-1996.