Väinö Kokkinen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Väinö Kokkinen

Finnish wrestler

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1899

Place of Birth: Hollola, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1967

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Väinö Kokkinen (25 November 1899 – 27 August 1967) was a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler.
He won two Olympic gold medals in the middleweight category, in 1928 and 1932, and finished in fourth place in 1936.
Between 1925 and 1933 he won one gold and four silver medals at the European championships as well as six national titles (1926, 1929–32 and 1934).Kokkinen was a blacksmith by profession and fought in the Finnish Civil War.
He started training in wrestling in 1921, after moving to Helsinki.
He retired in 1936 and ran a successful business in the clothing and hospitality industry.
In the 1940s he was also a board member of the sports club Helsingin Jyry.