Leo Honkala
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
Competitor for  Finland
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1952 Helsinki | Flyweight |
Leo Ilmo Honkala (January 8, 1933 – May 17, 2015) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Oulu. He died at home in Oxelösund, Sweden, where he moved to when started train the Swedish wrestling team.[1]
Honkala won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in wrestling, behind gold medalist Boris Maksovich Gurevich of the Soviet Union and silver medalist Ignazio Fabra of Italy.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/brottning/article20809643.ab Aftonbladet 18.5.2015, in Swedish
- ↑ "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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