Heikki Kähkönen
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| Born | 26 December 1891 Rääkkylä, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 1962 (aged 70) Imatra, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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Heikki Kähkönen (26 December 1891 – 30 June 1962)[1] was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.[2] Kähkönen competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heikki Kähkönen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "Heikki Kähkönen". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling" Archived 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
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