Kalle Anttila
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| Born | 30 August 1887 Muhos, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sport Tallinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Anton Ohaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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- 1887 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Muhos
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
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