Rauno Mäkinen

Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Melbourne Featherweight

Rauno Mäkinen (January 22, 1931, Pori – September 9, 2010[1]) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Olympics

Mäkinen competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Painin olympiavoittaja Rauno Mäkinen kuollut [Olympic gold medalist Rauno Mäkinen has died]" (in Finnish). Finnish Wrestling Association. September 9, 2010. http://painiliitto.net/uutisarkisto_10/09-09-2010_rauno_makinen_kuollut.php. Retrieved September 9, 2010. 
  2. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 26, 2008)