Reino Kangasmäki Explained

Birth Date:2 July 1916
Birth Place:Kokkola, Finland
Death Date:26 September 2010 (aged 94)
Death Place:Vaasa, Finland
Height:162 cm
Weight:52–55 kg
Sport:Greco-Roman wrestling
Club:TUL
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Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki (2 July 1916 – 26 September 2010) was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Olympics, his only major international tournament. At the national championships Kangasmäki placed third in 1943 and second in 1947.[1]

Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack. He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951. In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reino Kangasmäki . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/reino-kangasmaki-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . Sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Olympiapronssimitalisti Reino Kangasmäki nukkunut pois . Vallin . Harri . 2010-11-12 . Vaasan Toverit . 2019-11-13. fi.