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Revision as of 02:13, 29 November 2024
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
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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- 1908 births
- 1980 deaths
- Sportspeople from Salo, Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Finland
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- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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