Erkki Mallenius
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| Born | 12 January 1928 Lappeenranta, Finland | |||||||||||
| Died | 2 July 2003 (aged 75) Pori, Finland | |||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 63–70 kg (139–154 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
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Erkki Aarno Mallenius (12 January 1928 – 2 July 2003) was a Finnish amateur boxer who won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics.
Mallenius took up boxing in 1945 and in 1946 won the Finnish junior lightweight title. He never held a senior national title, and qualified to the Helsinki Olympics by winning the 1952 Olympic trials. At the Olympics he won his first two bouts, but broke a carpal bone in a hand in the second one, and hence withdrew from the semifinal and retired from boxing. He then worked as a boxing coach and a building contractor. In 2008 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ Erkki Mallenius. sports-reference.com
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