Hermanni Pihlajamäki
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Born | 11 November 1903 Nurmo, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 June 1982 Ähtäri, Finland | (aged 78)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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- ^ a b "Hermanni Pihlajamäki". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
External links[]
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at United World Wrestling
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at Olympics.com
- Hermanni Pihlajamäki at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1982 deaths
- Olympic wrestlers of Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish sport wrestler stubs