Kalle Anttila
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Born |
Muhos, Finland | 30 August 1887||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
1 January 1975 87) Helsinki, Finland | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight |
61 kg (134 lb) 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) |
Greco-Roman Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sport Tallinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Anton Ohaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila (30 August 1887 – 1 January 1975) 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.[1]
In 1908 Anttila opened a shop in Helsinki, where he worked as a tailor. In 1932 he founded Anttilan Pukimo OY (later Kalle Anttila OY), a company producing work outfits. His son, also Kalle Anttila, later took over his father's business and founded the Anttila department store chain that now operates in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.[1]
References
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- 1 2 "Kalle Anttila". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.