Sten Suvio
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Born | 25 November 1911 Hannila, Leningrad Oblast, Russia) | |||||||||||
Died | 19 October 1988 (aged 76) Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 65–68 kg (143–150 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
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Sten "Stepa" Suvio (born Schuschin, 25 November 1911 – 19 October 1988) was a Finnish boxer who won the welterweight contest at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He then turned professional and by 1949 accumulated a record of 34 wins (15 knockouts), 9 losses and 3 draws.[2]
Suvio started as a football player, wrestler and speed skater before changing to boxing in 1927. He placed second at the national championships in 1929 and 1930, and then won four consecutive amateur titles in 1933–36. Suvio fought in the Continuation War and was wounded in a hand in 1941.[3] After recovering he captured the Finnish professional welterweight title in 1946. He retired in 1949 and then coached the Swedish (1949–57) and Turkish (1957–60) national boxing teams. He was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sten Suvio. sports-reference.com
- ^ Sten Suvio. boxrec.com
- ^ Sten Suvio. Nyrkkeily Museo
- 1911 births
- 1988 deaths
- People from Vyborg District
- People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Welterweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Finland
- Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male boxers
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish boxing biography stubs