Reino Kangasmäki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Reino Kangasmäki

Finnish wrestler

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Kokkola, Finland

Date of Death: 26-Sep-2010

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Reino Kangasmäki

  • Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki (2 July 1916 – 26 September 2010) was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.
  • He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Olympics, his only major international tournament.
  • At the national championships Kangasmäki placed third in 1943 and second in 1947.Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack.
  • He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951.
  • In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor.

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