Eero Tapio
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| Born |
3 March 1941 (age 75) Muhos, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70–78 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Haukiputaan Heitto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eero Johannes "Erkka" Tapio (born 3 March 1941) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland who won four medals at the world championships of 1965–69, including a gold medal in 1967. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and placed fifth-sixth in 1964 and 1968.[1][2] He was voted the Finnish Sports Personality of the Year in 1967, placing within first ten in 1965, 1966 and 1969.[3]
Tapio was born to a farmer, and through his life worked as a painter, janitor, wrestling coach and sports official. In the 1970s–80s he worked with the national wrestling team. He is married and has two children, born in 1966 and 1968.[3]
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- ↑ "Eero Tapio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ Tapio, Eero (FIN). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- 1 2 Tapio Eero Johannes. tulpaini.fi
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