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Petra Olli
Petra Olli in 2018
Personal information
Full namePetra Maarit Olli
NationalityFinnish
Born (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30)
Lappajärvi, Finland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Finland
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubLappajärven Veikot[1]
Coached byAhto Raska[2]
Pertti Olli
Maksim Molonov[2]
Medal record
Women's Wrestling
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Las Vegas 58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kaspiysk 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Vantaa 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 65 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 46 kg

Petra Maarit Olli (born June 5, 1994)[3] is a retired Finnish freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the Women's freestyle 58 kg-event. In March 2016 Olli won her first European Championship gold medal at the Senior-level in Riga, Latvia, defeating Oksana Herhel of Ukraine.

She was the first Finnish woman to win a World gold, defeating Danielle Lappage of Canada in the finals of the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[4]

Olli missed the 2019 World Wrestling Championships due to health problems.[5]

References

  1. ^ Heikki Uusitalo (October 24, 2018). "Petra Olli voitti painin MM-kultaa dramaattisten vaiheiden jälkeen, vastustaja tuuletteli jo voittoa – "Se oli niin kova ottelu"" (in Finnish). Kaleva.
  2. ^ a b Tuomas Hämäläinen (December 13, 2018). "Maailmanmestari Petra Olli: Pohjalaisten kohtalona on olla painija tai pesäpalloilija – "Alkaa p:llä ja loppuu a:han"" (in Finnish). MTV3.
  3. ^ "Olli Petra Maarit". painiliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  4. ^ Matti Lehtisaari (September 11, 2015). "Petra Olli paini MM-hopealle!". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish).
  5. ^ Carl-Magnus Långkvist (September 5, 2019). "Hälsoproblem ställer till det för Petra Olli – kan inte försvara sitt VM-guld". Svenska Yle (in Swedish).
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