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Born | 2 July 1916 Kokkola, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 26 September 2010 (aged 94) Vaasa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52–55 kg (115–121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | TUL Vaasan Toverit | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki (2 July 1916 – 26 September 2010) was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Olympics, his only major international tournament. At the national championships Kangasmäki placed third in 1943 and second in 1947. [1] [2]
Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack. He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951. [3] In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor. [4]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 2 July 1916 Kokkola, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 26 September 2010 (aged 94) Vaasa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52–55 kg (115–121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | TUL Vaasan Toverit | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki (2 July 1916 – 26 September 2010) was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Olympics, his only major international tournament. At the national championships Kangasmäki placed third in 1943 and second in 1947. [1] [2]
Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack. He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951. [3] In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor. [4]