Ilkka Koski
Appearance
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Born | 10 June 1928 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||||||||
Died | 28 February 1993 (aged 64) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||
Medal record
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Ilkka Koski (10 June 1928 – 28 February 1993) was a Finnish heavyweight boxer who competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1952 and lost his first bout in 1956. Domestically he held the Finnish amateur heavyweight title in 1951–1956 and 1958. In 1958 he turned professional and had a record of seven victories (three by knockout), one loss and one draw,[1] before retiring in 1962 due to an injury. In 2008 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Boxing record for Ilkka Koski from BoxRec (registration required)
- ^ Ilkka Koski Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 1993 deaths
- Sportspeople from Jyväskylä
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Finnish male boxers
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Finnish people
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish boxing biography stubs