Hermanni Pihlajamäki
Finnish wrestler (1903–1982)
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| Born | 11 November 1903 Nurmo, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 June 1982(1982-06-04) (aged 78) Ähtäri, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vaasan Voima-Veikot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herman Matinpoika "Hermanni" Pihlajamäki (11 November 1903 – 4 June 1982) was a Finnish wrestler. He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. At the European championships he won a freestyle gold medal in 1931, and two silver medals in 1935, in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
Pihlajamäki won six Finnish titles: in 1927, 1930, 1932 and 1935–1937, five of them in freestyle wrestling. He worked as a policeman. His cousin Kustaa was also a policeman and an Olympic champion in wrestling.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "Hermanni Pihlajamäki". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
External links
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at the International Wrestling Database
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at Olympics.com
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at Olympedia
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- 1904
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) - 1908 George Dole (USA)
- 1920
Charles Ackerly (USA) - 1924 Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928 Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN) - 1936 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948
Gazanfer Bilge (TUR) - 1952 Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956
Shozo Sasahara (JPN) - 1960 Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964 Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) - 1976
Yang Jung-mo (KOR) - 1980 Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984
Randall Lewis (USA) - 1988 John Smith (USA)
- 1992 John Smith (USA)
- 1996 Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000
Murad Umakhanov (RUS) - 2004
Yandro Quintana (CUB) - 2008 Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012
Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 1904: 61.33 kg
- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 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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