Veikko Huuskonen
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| Born | 8 February 1910 Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 1973 (aged 63) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Veikko Huuskonen (8 February 1910 in Helsinki – 3 June 1973) was a Finnish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Alec Hannan of South Africa.
In 1937, Huuskonen won a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan.[2] He beat a Swiss boxer by knockout, with both contestants being praised for technical and stylish boxing.[3] Losing to eventual gold medalist Ulderico Sergo, Huuskonen then won the bronze medal ahead of Antoni Czortek who forfeited.[4] This was the third Finnish medal at the European Championships, after Kaarlo Väkevä and Gunnar Bärlund.[5]
He was a five-time Finnish champion: 1936 (53.5 kg), 1937 (54), 1939 (54), 1940 (54) and 1941 (54).[6] Huuskonen also competed in the widely spectated Swedish–Finnish boxing match. His 21st representative match for Finland came in 1939, when he beat Harry Ljushammar. 7,500 people attended the event in Messuhalli. Following the victory, Hufvudstadsbladet commented that Huuskonen should have been considered for the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veikko Huuskonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Arvokilpailumitalistit" (in Finnish). Finnish Boxing Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
EM-KISAT ... PRONSSIMITALI: Milano 1937 Veikko Huuskonen
- ^ "Huuskonen vann över Etter på poäng". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 8 May 1937. p. 14.
- ^ "Huuskonen brons i Milano". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 10 May 1937. p. 7.
- ^ "Med tidtagarur och måttband". Nyland (in Swedish). 11 May 1937. p. 2.
- ^ "SM-mitalistit 1923-1950" (in Finnish). Finnish Boxing Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Det blev 4-4 inför 7.500". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 11 April 1939. p. 9.
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