Petra Olli
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| Full name | Petra Maarit Olli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1994 Lappajärvi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lappajärven Veikot[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ahto Raska[2] Pertti Olli Maksim Molonov[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petra Maarit Olli (born June 5, 1994)[3] is a retired Finnish freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the Women's freestyle 58 kg-event. In March 2016 Olli won her first European Championship gold medal at the Senior-level in Riga, Latvia, defeating Oksana Herhel of Ukraine.
She was the first Finnish woman to win a World gold, defeating Danielle Lappage of Canada in the finals of the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[4]
Olli missed the 2019 World Wrestling Championships due to health problems.[5]
References[]
- ^ Heikki Uusitalo (October 24, 2018). "Petra Olli voitti painin MM-kultaa dramaattisten vaiheiden jälkeen, vastustaja tuuletteli jo voittoa – "Se oli niin kova ottelu"" (in Finnish). Kaleva.
- ^ a b Tuomas Hämäläinen (December 13, 2018). "Maailmanmestari Petra Olli: Pohjalaisten kohtalona on olla painija tai pesäpalloilija – "Alkaa p:llä ja loppuu a:han"" (in Finnish). MTV3.
- ^ "Olli Petra Maarit". painiliitto.fi (in Finnish).
- ^ Matti Lehtisaari (September 11, 2015). "Petra Olli paini MM-hopealle!". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish).
- ^ Carl-Magnus Långkvist (September 5, 2019). "Hälsoproblem ställer till det för Petra Olli – kan inte försvara sitt VM-guld". Svenska Yle (in Swedish).
External links[]
- Petra Olli at United World Wrestling
- Petra Olli at Olympics.com
- Petra Olli at Olympic.org (archived)
- Petra Olli at Olympedia
- Petra Olli at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1994 births
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- Wrestlers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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- European Games competitors for Finland
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- Olympic wrestlers of Finland
- Finnish sport wrestler stubs
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Champions