Hermanni Pihlajamäki
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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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