Petra Olli | |
Fullname: | Petra Maarit Olli |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1994 |
Birth Place: | Lappajärvi, Finland |
Height: | 1.63 m |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle |
Club: | Lappajärven Veikot[1] |
Coach: | Ahto Raska[2] Pertti Olli Maksim Molonov |
Petra Maarit Olli (born 5 June 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] She retired from wrestling in 2020.[6]