Kalle Anttila
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Born | (1887-08-30)August 30, 1887 Muhos, Finland |
Died | October 10, 1949(1949-10-10) (aged 62) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Event(s) | Greco-Roman Freestyle |
Club | Sport Tallinn |
Coached by | Anton Ohaka |
Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila (30 August 1887 – 10 October 1949) was a Finnish wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in the freestyle lightweight category in 1920 and in the Greco-Roman featherweight division in 1924. He also won world titles in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1921 and 1922. Anttila was the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1918–20 and 1929 and in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and 1929. He was born and raised in Finland In 1887, his family immigrated to Canada at the age of 4 where he was raised to work hard on a family farm. He died in 1949 and was buried in Sudbury.[1]
References
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- ^ "Kalle Anttila". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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- 1912
Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN)
- 1920
Oskari Friman (FIN)
- 1924
Kalle Anttila (FIN)
- 1928
Voldemar Väli (EST)
- 1932
Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)
- 1936
Yaşar Erkan (TUR)
- 1948
Mehmet Oktav (TUR)
- 1952
Yakiv Punkin (URS)
- 1956
Rauno Mäkinen (FIN)
- 1960
Müzahir Sille (TUR)
- 1964
Imre Polyák (HUN)
- 1968
Roman Rurua (URS)
- 1972
Georgi Markov (BUL)
- 1976
Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
- 1980
Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)
- 1984
Kim Weon-kee (KOR)
- 1988
Kamandar Madzhidov (URS)
- 1992
Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR)
- 1996
Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL)
- 2000
Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)
- 2004
Jung Ji-hyun (KOR)
- 2008
Islambek Albiev (RUS)
- 2012
Omid Norouzi (IRI)
- 1912–1920: 60 kg
- 1924–1928: 62 kg
- 1932–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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