Taavi Tamminen
 Emil Väre and Taavi Tamminen (right) at the 1920 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 March 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 1967 (aged 77) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67–74 kg (148–163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Viipurin Voimailijat, Vyborg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Taavi Nikolai Tamminen (10 March 1889 – 19 January 1967) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] He won a silver Olympic medal in 1920, losing in the final to his clubmate Emil Väre, a world title in 1921, and a national title in 1922. After retiring from competitions, he worked as a wrestling referee and masseur, attending the 1936 Summer Olympics with the Finnish team.[2]
References
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- ↑ "Taavi Tamminen". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ Taavi Tamminen. Sports Reference.com
External links
- Taavi Tamminen at Olympics.com
- Taavi Tamminen at InterSportStats
- Taavi Tamminen at the International Wrestling Database
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Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1967 deaths
- People from Uurainen
- Olympic wrestlers for Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Central Finland
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- Greco-Roman wrestlers
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish sport wrestler stubs