Kelpo Gröndahl
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Finland |
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| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Light Heavyweight | |
| Silver | 1948 London | LIght Heavyweight | |
| FILA Wrestling World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1953 Napoli | Light Heavyweight | |
Kelpo Gröndahl (March 28, 1920 – August 2, 1994) was a Finnish wrestler from Pori in the Satakunta region. He became Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
[edit] International championships
Gröndahl competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the light heavyweight class.[1] He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[2]
He received a silver medal at the 1953 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Naples.
[edit] National championships
Gröndahl was several times Finnish champion.
[edit] References
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 13, 2008)
- ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 13 2008)
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