Väinö Kajander
Appearance
![]() Kajander (left) in 1921 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 30 November 1893 Elimäki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 16 September 1978 (aged 84) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | Helsingin Jyry | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Väinö Viktor Kajander (later Kajukorpi, 30 November 1893 – 16 September 1978) was a welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics.[1] Kajander was a machinist by profession. He retired from wrestling in 1936, aged 43.[2]
References
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- ^ Kajukorpi (ent. Kajander) Väinö . tulpaini.fi
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External links
[edit]- Väinö Kajander at the International Wrestling Database
- Väinö Kajander at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1978 deaths
- People from Elimäki
- Sportspeople from Kouvola
- Sportspeople from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Olympic wrestlers for Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Finnish people
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
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