Kelpo Gröndahl
Gröndahl (left) vs. Shalva Chikhladze in the 1952 Olympic final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 March 1920 Porin maalaiskunta, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 August 1994 (aged 74) Pori, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Reposaaren Kunto, Pori | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelpo Olavi Gröndahl (28 March 1920 – 2 August 1994) was a light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. He won another silver medal at the 1953 World Championships and finished fifth at the 1947 European Championships. Domestically he won 15 national titles, 11 in Greco-Roman (1943, 1946–1955) and 4 in freestyle wrestling (1948–1950, 1952).[1]
Gröndahl retired from competitions after failing to qualify for the 1956 Olympics. Between 1953 and 1980 he worked as the harbormaster of the Port of Pori. He also became a member of the Pori City Council and then a member of the Pori City board of directors. In 1962–1970 he was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish People's Democratic League, and was elected as a presidential elector in 1956, 1962 and 1968.[2] In 1982 he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by the Finnish Ministry of Education. A park in the Reposaari district of Pori is named after him.[1][3]
Gröndahl was married and had four children, born in 1946, 1947, 1949 and 1956.[1]
References
External links
- Kelpo Gröndahl at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Kelpo Gröndahl at Olympedia
- Kelpo Gröndahl at Olympics.com
- Kelpo Gröndahl at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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- 1908: Verner Weckman (FIN)
- 1912: no winner
- 1920: Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1924: Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1928: Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)
- 1932: Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936: Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948: Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
- 1952: Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)
- 1956: Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
- 1960: Tevfik Kış (TUR)
- 1964: Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1968: Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1972: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980: Norbert Növényi (HUN)
- 1984: Steve Fraser (USA)
- 1988: Atanas Komchev (BUL)
- 1992: Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1996: Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
- 1908: 93 kg
- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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