Reino Kangasmäki

Reino Kangasmäki

Kangasmäki at the 1948 Olympics
Personal information
Born	2 July 1916 Kokkola, Finland
Died	26 September 2010 (aged 94) Vaasa, Finland
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52–55 kg (115–121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	TUL Vaasan Toverit
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1948 London 52 kg

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.^[1][2]

Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack. He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951.^[3] In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor.^[4]

References

1. "Reino Kangasmäki". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. Kangasmäki Reino Kalervo. tulpaini.fi
3. Kangasmäki Reino. tulpaini.fi
4. Vallin, Harri (12 November 2010). "Olympiapronssimitalisti Reino Kangasmäki nukkunut pois". Vaasan Toverit (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 November 2019.