Kustaa Pihlajamäki

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Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Kustaa Pihlajamäki medal table
Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Kustaa Pihlajamäki

Wrestler

Finland
Olympic games
gold 1924 Paris Bantam freestyle
silver 1928 Amsterdam Feather freestyle
gold 1936 Berlin Feather freestyle
European Championship
gold 1930 Stockholm Spring Greco
gold 1931 Prague Spring Greco
silver 1931 Budapest Easy freestyle
gold 1933 Helsinki Spring Greco
gold 1934 Rome Spring Greco
gold 1934 Stockholm Feather freestyle
gold 1935 Brussels Feather freestyle
gold 1937 Paris Spring Greco
silver 1937 Munich Feather freestyle
gold 1938 Tallinn Spring Greco
gold 1939 Oslo Spring Greco

Kustaa Pihlajamäki (born April 7, 1902 in Nurmo , † February 10, 1944 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion

Career

He came from a wrestling family and had two brothers and a cousin who were also successful wrestlers. The cousin, Hermanni , became Olympic champion like Kustaa , which meant that there was often confusion.

Kustaa became a police officer and started working for the Helsinki Police Sports Club in 1933 . He previously played for the clubs Nurmon Koitto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot . He wrestled both styles but scored his Olympic victories in free style. From 1924 to 1939 he was among the best in the world. He is considered one of the most successful wrestlers in the world; he was seen as fast, agile, with an irrepressible will to win and a fair sportsman. In September 2005 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

year space competition style Weight class Results
1924 gold OS in Paris F. Bantam with wins over Darby, Great Britain , Bryan Hines , USA and Kaarlo Mäkinen , Finland
1928 silver OS in Amsterdam F. feather with victories over René Rottenfluc , France , Hans Minder , Switzerland and one defeat against Allie Morrison , USA
1929 4th EM in Dortmund GR feather with wins against József Tasnády , Hungary , Antons, Latvia and one defeat against Ernst Steinig , Germany
1930 1. EM in Stockholm GR feather with victories over Christiansen, Denmark , Svend Martinsen , Norway and Ödön Zombori , Hungary
1931 1. EM in Prague GR feather with victories over Chiari, Italy , Sebastian Hering , Germany, Ödön Zombori and Jindřich Maudr , Czechoslovakia
1931 2. EM in Budapest F. Light with victories over Mollin, Belgium , Károly Kárpáti , Hungary and a defeat against Hans Minder
1931 2. Intern. Tournament in Helsinki GR feather behind Lauri Koskela , Finland
1932 4th OS in Los Angeles F. Light with wins over Gustav Klaren, Sweden and Howard Thomas, Canada and one defeat against Melvin Clodtfelder , USA
1933 1. EM in Helsinki GR feather with victories over Miller, Estonia , Ferenc Károly, Hungary, Svend Martinsen and Wolfgang Ehrl , Germany
1934 1. EM in Rome GR feather with victories over Fincsus, Austria , Göte Persson, Sweden, Dworog, Poland , Giovanni Gozzi , Italy and Ferenc Tóth , Hungary
1934 1. EM in Stockholm F. feather with victories over Hilding Hansson, Sweden, Ferenc Toth, Hungary and Hans Wittwer, Germany
1935 1. EM in Brussels F. feather with victories over Gösta Frändfors-Jönsson , Sweden, Georges Bayle, France, Norman Morrell, Great Britain, Adalberto Taucer, Utalien and Ferenc Toth
1936 gold OS in Berlin F. feather with victories over Spycher, Switzerland, Riské, Belgium, Yaşar Erkan , Turkey , Ferenc Tóth and Francis Millard , USA
1937 1. EM in Paris GR feather with wins over Robert Voigt, Denmark, Mario Liverini, Italy, Heinrich Schwarzkopf , Germany, Fecske, Hungary and despite a defeat against Einar Karlsson , Sweden
1937 2. EM in Munich F. feather with victories over Heinrich Schwarzkopf, Marco Gavelli, Italy, Cesar Gaudard, Switzerland and one defeat against Ferenc Tóth
1938 1. EM in Tallinn GR feather with victories over Voigt, Krisjanis Kundziņš, Latvia, Eduard Sperling , Germany and Egon Svensson , Sweden
1939 1. EM in Oslo GR feather with victories over Kundziņš, Denis Perret , Switzerland, Ferdinand Schmitz , Germany, Ferenc Tóth and Egon Svensson

National successes

Kustaa Pihlajamäki won 28 Finnish championships in both styles.

  • 1924, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Eetu Huupponen and P. Sohlo
  • 1925, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Jussi Alaranta and Aatos Ranta
  • 1925, 1st place , GR, up to 62 kg, ahead of Eetu Hupponen and Hermanni Pihlajamäki
  • 1926, 1st place , FS, up to 66 kg, ahead of Jaska Pikka and E. Silvennoinen
  • 1927, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Jussi Alaranta and T. Laitinen
  • 1927, 1st place , GR, up to 62 kg, ahead of Erkki Pasanen and Atso Ryhänen
  • 1928, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Eetu Huupponen and Jussi Alaranta
  • 1929, 1st place , GR, up to 62 kg, ahead of Juho Savolainen and V. Krekula
  • 1930, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Väinö Ylikoski and H. Pekurinen
  • 1930, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Juho Savolainen and Toivo Hyyppä
  • 1931, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Urho Pappinen and S. Tamminen
  • 1931, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, in front of V. Uksila and A. Räsänen
  • 1932, 1st place , FS, up to 66 kg, ahead of Aatos Ranta and Väinö Viemerö
  • 1933, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Niilo Tikkanen and A. Ehrwall
  • 1933, 2nd place , GR, up to 61 kg, behind Lauri Koskela and in front of Niilo Tikkanen
  • 1934, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of A. Tukiainen and L. Mäkinen
  • 1934, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Yrjö Vähämki and Ilmari Koivunen
  • 1935, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Aarne Lanne and J. Vickström
  • 1936, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Aarne Lanne and K. Arponen
  • 1936, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Aarne Lanne and Eino Krankkala
  • 1937, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Leevi Saarikoski and A. Tikkanen
  • 1937, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Esko Hjelt and Ilmari Koivunen
  • 1938, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Leevi Saarikoski and Vilho Ilkka
  • 1939, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Arvo Katajisto and Allan Schaaf
  • 1940, 2nd place , FS, up to 61 kg, behind Arvo Katajisto and in front of Allan Schaaf
  • 1940, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Yrjö Salonen and Sulo Väisänen
  • 1941, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Arvo Leinonen and Aarne Lanne
  • 1942, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Arvo Leinonen and Sulo Hostila
  • 1943, 1st place , FS, up to 61 kg, ahead of Paavo Hietala and Eino Pentti
  • 1943, 1st place , GR, up to 61 kg, ahead of Taisto Lempinen and Martti Laine
Explanations
  • OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
  • F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style
  • Weight classes: Bantam weight up to 56 kg, feather weight up to 61 kg and lightweight up to 66 kg body weight

literature

  • Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
  • various issues of the specialist magazine "Athletik" from 1929 to 1936
  • various issues of the specialist magazine "Kraftsport" from 1937 to 1941

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Pihlajamäki, Kustaa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Nurmo
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1944
Place of death Helsinki