Erkki Pakkanen
 | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
19 April 1930 Elimäki, Finland | |||||||||
| Died |
23 April 1973 (aged 43) Kouvola, Finland | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Erkki Olavi Pakkanen (19 April 1930 – 23 April 1973) was an amateur lighweight boxer from Finland who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics.
Pakkanen took up boxing in 1947 and won the Finnish junior title in 1949. He never held a senior national title, and qualified for the Helsinki Olympics by winning the Olympic trials. At the Olympics, he lost in a semifinal to the eventual winner Aureliano Bolognesi. Earlier in 1950 he seriously injured his right hand. The injury recurred in 1953 forcing Pakkanen to retire from boxing.[1] He later ran a taxi company that he founded in 1958. He died of a heart attack at a horse racing track while watching his son Jorma competing. In 2008 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- ↑ Siukonen, Markku (2001) Urheilukunniamme puolustajat – Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000, p. 238. Graface Jyväskylä. ISBN 951-98673-1-7
- ↑ Erkki Pakkanen. sports-reference.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.