Kyösti Lehtonen
Lehtonen at the 1956 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 13 March 1931 Jämsä, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 November 1987 (aged 56) Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67–74 kg (148–163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Jämsänkosken Kiri Jämsänkosken Voimailijat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyösti Eemil "Köpi" Lehtonen (13 March 1931 – 15 November 1987) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1956, placing fifth in 1960. Previously he won two silver medals at the world championships in 1953 and 1955.[1][2] Domestically he won nine Finnish titles in 1952–57 and 1960–62. Lehtonen retired after the 1964 Olympics and coached the Norwegian (1964), Danish (1964) and Finnish national teams (1971–74). Later he was elected as a board member of the Finnish Wrestling Federation.[1]
References
- ^ a b Kyösti Lehtonen. Sports Reference.com
- ^ Lehtonen, Kyoesti Emil (FIN). iat.uni-leipzig.de
External links
- Kyösti Lehtonen at the International Wrestling Database
- Kyösti Lehtonen at Olympics.com
- Kyösti Lehtonen at Olympedia
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- 1908 Enrico Porro (ITA)
- 1912 Emil Väre (FIN)
- 1920 Emil Väre (FIN)
- 1924 Oskari Friman (FIN)
- 1928 Lajos Keresztes (HUN)
- 1932 Erik Malmberg (SWE)
- 1936 Lauri Koskela (FIN)
- 1948 Gustav Freij (SWE)
- 1952 Shazam Safin (URS)
- 1956 Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN)
- 1960 Avtandil Koridze (URS)
- 1964 Kazım Ayvaz (TUR)
- 1968 Muneji Munemura (JPN)
- 1972 Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
- 1976 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
- 1980 Ștefan Rusu (ROM)
- 1984 Vlado Lisjak (YUG)
- 1988 Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
- 1992 Attila Repka (HUN)
- 1996 Ryszard Wolny (POL)
- 2000 Filiberto Azcuy (CUB)
- 2004 Farid Mansurov (AZE)
- 2008 Steeve Guénot (FRA)
- 2012 Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR)
- 2016 Davor Štefanek (SRB)
- 2020 Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI)
- 2024 Saeid Esmaeili (IRI)
- 1908: 66.5 kg
- 1912–1928: 67.5 kg
- 1932–1936: 66 kg
- 1948–1960: 67 kg
- 1964–1968: 70 kg
- 1972–1996: 68 kg
- 2000: 69 kg
- 2004–2016: 66 kg
- 2020–present: 67 kg
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