Kelpo Gröndahl

Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
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.

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.

National championships

Gröndahl was several times Finnish champion.

References

  1. ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 13, 2008)
  2. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 13, 2008)