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Eino Mauno Virtanen (19 August 1908 in Uskela – 3 December 1980 in Helsinki) was a Finnish wrestler who took part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1948 Games in London.

Virtanen won an Olympic bronze in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He came in third in the welterweight class up to 72.0 kg, in Greco-Roman style, behind Rudolf Svedberg from Sweden and Fritz Schäfer from Germany.^[1]

Virtanen became European champion in wrestling in 1946 in Stockholm.

Olympic medals

1936 Berlin - Bronze in wrestling, Greco-Roman style, welterweight Finland

References

^ "1936 Summer Olympics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

External links

Eino Virtanen at the International Wrestling Database
Eino Virtanen at Olympedia

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[1] "1936 Summer Olympics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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-'''Eino Mauno Virtanen''' (19 August 1908 in [[Uskela]] &ndash; 3 December 1980 in [[Helsinki]]) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Wrestling|wrestler]] who took part in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] [[Olympic Games]] in [[Berlin]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] Games in [[London]].
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+'''Eino Mauno Virtanen''' (19 August 1908 in [[Uskela]] &ndash; 3 December 1980 in [[Helsinki]]) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Wrestling|wrestler]] who took part in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] [[Olympic Games]] in [[Berlin]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] Games in [[London]].
-Virtanen won an Olympic bronze in [[wrestling]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]]. He came in third in the [[welterweight]] class up to 72.0 kg, in Greco-Roman style, behind [[Rudolf Svedberg]] from [[Sweden]] and [[Fritz Schäfer]] from [[Germany]].<ref>http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=11&sp=WRE/datebaseOlympics.com</ref>
+Virtanen won an Olympic bronze in [[wrestling]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]]. He came in third in the [[welterweight]] class up to 72.0&nbsp;kg, in Greco-Roman style, behind [[Rudolf Svedberg]] from [[Sweden]] and [[Fritz Schäfer]] from [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1936 Summer Olympics |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=11&sp=WRE/datebaseOlympics.com/databaseolympics.com |publisher=databaseOlympics.com |accessdate=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322224552/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=11&sp=WRE%2FdatebaseOlympics.com%2Fdatabaseolympics.com |archivedate=22 March 2014 }}</ref>
 Virtanen became European champion in wrestling in 1946 in [[Stockholm]].
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