Eino Virtanen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eino Virtanen

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1908

Place of Birth: Uskela, Grand Duchy of Finland, Finland

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1980

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Eino Mauno Virtanen (19 August 1908 in Uskela – 3 December 1980 in Helsinki) was a Finnish wrestler who took part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1948 Games in London. Virtanen won an Olympic bronze in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He came in third in the welterweight class up to 72.0 kg, in Greco-Roman style, behind Rudolf Svedberg from Sweden and Fritz Schäfer from Germany.Virtanen became European champion in wrestling in 1946 in Stockholm.