Onni Pellinen

Onni Pellinen
Born (1899-02-14)14 February 1899
Hankasalmi, Finland
Died 30 October 1950(1950-10-30) (aged 51)
Istanbul, Turkey
Onni Pellinen
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
1932 Los Angeles Light heavyweight
1924 Paris Light heavyweight
1928 Amsterdam Light heavyweight

Onni Pellinen (14 February 1899 30 October 1950) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]

Olympics

Pellinen competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris where he won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the light heavyweight class.[2]

He won another bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[3]

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a silver medal.[4]

References

  1. "Onni Pellinen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  2. "1924 Summer Olympics Paris, France Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)
  3. "1928 Summer Olympics Amsterdam, Netherlands Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)
  4. "1932 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)


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