Taavi Tamminen | |
Height: | 174 cm |
Weight: | 67–74 kg |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1889 |
Birth Place: | Uurainen, Central Finland |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Sport: | Greco-Roman wrestling |
Club: | Viipurin Voimailijat, Vyborg |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.