Kalle Anttila
Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila was a Finnish wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in the freestyle lightweight category in 1920 and in the Greco-Roman featherweight division in 1924. He also won world titles in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1921 and 1922. Anttila was the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1918–20 and 1929 and in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and 1929. He was born and raised in Finland In 1887, immigrated to Canada at the age of 4 where he was raised to work hard on a family farm. He died in 1954 and was buried in Sudbury.
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Born | Muhos, Finland | 30 August 1887|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sport Tallinn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Anton Ohaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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