Hermanni Pihlajamäki Explained

Hermanni Pihlajamäki
Birth Date:11 November 1903
Birth Place:Nurmo, Finland
Death Place:Ähtäri, Finland
Sport:Wrestling
Club:Vaasan Voima-Veikot
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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.

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.