Pentti Hämäläinen

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold 1952 Helsinki Bantamweight
Bronze 1956 Melbourne Featherweight

Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen (born December 19, 1929 in Kotka – died December 11, 1984 in Kotka) is a former Finnish bantamweight professional boxer, who won gold in Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in his home country of Helsinki. Four years later in Melbourne he captured the bronze medal in the featherweight division (– 57 kg).

[edit] Amateur Career

Hämäläinen competed on the European team vs. the Chicago Golden Gloves team on 29.03.1951 where he met Joe Castanaeda.

[edit] Olympic Results

1952

  • Defeated Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) 3-0
  • Defeated Henryk Niedzwiedzki (Poland) 3-0
  • Defeated Helmuth von Gravenitz (South Africa) 3-0
  • Defeated Gennadi Garbuzov (Soviet Union) 3-0
  • Defeated John McNally (Ireland) 2-1

1956

(starting from quarterfinals)


[edit] References

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Olympic Champions in Boxing Bantamweight
1904: 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg), 1908: - 116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920-1928: 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg), 1932+1936: 112-119 lb (50.8-54.0 kg), 1948-2004: 51-54 kg
1904: Oliver Kirk • 1908: Henry Thomas • 1920: Clarence Walker • 1924: William H. Smith • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini • 1932: Horace Gwynne • 1936: Ulderico Sergo • 1948: Tibor Csík • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev • 1964: Takao Sakurai • 1968: Valerian Sokolov • 1972: Orlando Martínez • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju • 1980: Juan Hernández • 1984: Maurizio Stecca • 1988: Kennedy McKinney • 1992: Joel Casamayor • 1996: István Kovács • 2000+2004: Guillermo Ortiz
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