Taavi Tamminen
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Born | Uurainen, Central Finland | 10 March 1889|||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 January 1967 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67–74 kg (148–163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Viipurin Voimailijat, Vyborg | |||||||||||||||||
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Taavi Tamminen (10 March 1889 – 19 January 1967) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] He won a silver Olympic medal in 1920, losing in the final to his clubmate Emil Väre, a world title in 1921, and a national title in 1922. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling referee and masseur, attending the 1936 Summer Olympics with the Finnish team.[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taavi Tamminen.
- ^ "Taavi Tamminen". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Taavi Tamminen. Sports Reference.com
External links
- Taavi Tamminen at the International Wrestling Database
- Taavi Tamminen at Olympedia