Arvo Haavisto

Arvo Jaakko Haavisto (born January 7, 1900 in Ilmajoki , † April 22, 1977 ibid) was a Finnish wrestler .

Career

Arvo Haavisto started wrestling in Illmajoki after 1918. At first, as is common in Europe, it started in the Greco-Roman style, but soon switched to the free style. With a third place in the welterweight division at the Finnish Free Style Championships in 1923, he first appeared on a list of winners at an important wrestling competition. In 1924 he became Finnish welterweight runner-up and was nominated for the lightweight for the Olympic Games in Paris that year . Although this was the first international championship he participated in, Haavisto won the bronze medal.

He was also at the start of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and was even more successful than in 1924, as he became an Olympic welterweight champion.

No international free style championships were held between 1924 and 1928. So Arvo had no further opportunities to start at such championships during these years. When the European Free Style Championships were held from 1929, Arvo Haavisto was no longer there. Although he started at some events in Scandinavia , he soon resigned and became a coach.

The results of the championships that he contested can be read in the following sections.

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, F = freestyle, GR = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, in free style up to 66 kg, in Greco-Roman style up to 67.5 kg body weight, We = welter weight, up to 72 kg body weight, Wed = Middle weight, up to 79 kg body weight)

• 1924, bronze medal , OS in Paris , F, Le, with victories over A. Corti, Switzerland , Alfred Praks, Estonia , Emile Pouvroux, France , W. Montgomery, Canada , Peter Eriksen, Norway and G. Gardiner, Great Britain and defeats against Volmar Vikström, Finland and Russell Vis , USA ;
• 1927, 2nd place, intern. Tournament in Helsinki, GR, Wed, behind Fritz Bräun , Germany, in front of Poikkala, Finland
• 1928, gold medal , OS in Amsterdam , F, We, with victories over Lloyd Appleton, USA, T. Morris, Australia and Jean Jourlin , France

Finnish championships

• 1923, 3rd place, F, We, behind Vainö Penttala and Volmari Vikström ,
• 1924, 2nd place, F, We, behind Volmari Vikström and in front of Yrjö Haavisto,
• 1925, 1st place, GR, Le, ahead of Emil Hakanpää and A. Ollikainen,
• 1925, 1st place, F, We, ahead of Toivo Huikku and V. Heino,
• 1926, 1st place, F, Wed, in front of A. Kilpiö and J. Törmi,
• 1927, 1st place, F, We, ahead of Edvard Westerlund and Jaakko Filppula

literature

• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976

Web links

• Results of the Finnish championships in freestyle wrestling
• Arvo Haavisto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )