Väinö Kokkinen
Väinö Kokkinen at the 1928 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 25 November 1899 Hollola, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 August 1967 (aged 67) Kouvola, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78–85 kg (172–187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | HKV, Helsinki HPM, Helsinki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Väinö Kokkinen (25 November 1899 – 27 August 1967) was a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two Olympic gold medals in the middleweight category, in 1928 and 1932, and finished in fourth place in 1936. Between 1925 and 1933 he won one gold and four silver medals at the European championships as well as six national titles (1926, 1929–32 and 1934).[1]
Kokkinen was a blacksmith by profession and fought in the Finnish Civil War. He started training in wrestling in 1921, after moving to Helsinki. He retired in 1936 and ran a successful business in the clothing and hospitality industry. In the 1940s he was also a board member of the sports club Helsingin Jyry.[1]
References
- ^ a b Väinö Kokkinen. Sports-Reference.com
External links
- Väinö Kokkinen at the International Wrestling Database
- Väinö Kokkinen at Olympics.com
- Väinö Kokkinen at Olympedia
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- 1908 Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE)
- 1912 Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1920 Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1924 Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
- 1928 Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1932 Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1936 Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1948 Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1952 Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1956 Givi Kartozia (URS)
- 1960 Dimitar Dobrev (BUL)
- 1964 Branislav Simić (YUG)
- 1968 Lothar Metz (GDR)
- 1972 Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
- 1976 Momir Petković (YUG)
- 1980 Gennady Korban (URS)
- 1984 Ion Draica (ROM)
- 1988 Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS)
- 1992 Péter Farkas (HUN)
- 1996 Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2000 Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2004 Aleksey Mishin (RUS)
- 2008 Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
- 2012 Alan Khugaev (RUS)
- 2016 Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)
- 2020 Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1912–1928: 75 kg
- 1932–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016: 85 kg
- 2020–present: 87 kg
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