Kaarlo Mäkinen
Kaarlo Edvin Makinen at the 1928 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1892-05-14)14 May 1892 Mariehamn, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 May 1980(1980-05-11) (aged 87) Turku, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Turun Riento Turun Voimamiehet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaarlo Mäkinen (14 May 1892 – 11 May 1980) was a Finnish wrestler who competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics in freestyle wrestling.[1] In 1920 he was eliminated in the preliminary round in the featherweight event. After that he moved to the bantamweight category and won a silver and a gold medal in 1924 and 1928, respectively. He also won two medals in Greco-Roman wrestling at the world championships of 1921 and 1922, as well as four national titles: three in Greco-Roman (1921–1923) and one in freestyle wrestling (1928).[2]
References
External links
- Kaarlo Mäkinen at the International Wrestling Database
- Kaarlo Mäkinen at Olympics.com
- Kaarlo Mäkinen at Olympedia
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- 1904: Isidor Niflot (USA)
- 1908: George Mehnert (USA)
- 1924: Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1928: Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
- 1932: Robert Pearce (USA)
- 1936: Ödön Zombori (HUN)
- 1948: Nasuh Akar (TUR)
- 1952: Shohachi Ishii (JPN)
- 1956: Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1960: Terrence McCann (USA)
- 1964: Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
- 1968: Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
- 1972: Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
- 1976: Vladimir Yumin (URS)
- 1980: Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984: Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN)
- 1988: Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
- 1992: Alejandro Puerto (CUB)
- 1996: Kendall Cross (USA)
- 2000: Alireza Dabir (IRI)
- 2004: Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2008: Henry Cejudo (USA)
- 2012: Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
- 2016: Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
- 2020: Zaur Uguev (ROC)
- 2024: Rei Higuchi (JPN)
- 1904: 56.70 kg
- 1908: 54 kg
- 1924–1936: 56 kg
- 1948–1996: 57 kg
- 2000: 58 kg
- 2004–2012: 55 kg
- 2016–present: 57 kg
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