Aatos Jaskari
Aatos Tuomas Jaskari (born April 26, 1904 in Nurmo , Seinäjoki Province ; † March 16, 1962 ibid.) Was a Finnish wrestler . He won at the Olympics in 1932 in Los Angeles , a bronze medal in free style in the bantamweight .
Career
Aatos Jaskari began wrestling as a teenager at the Nurmon Jymy wrestling club . He started both in the free and in the Greco-Roman style and always in the bantamweight, whereby he was overall more successful in the free style.
He won his first medal at the Finnish championships in free style in 1928 when he took 3rd place in bantamweight behind Kaarlo Mäkinen and Joppe Ryhänen. He became Finnish champion for the first time in 1931 and in both styles. In addition, he was also the Finnish free style champion in 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1937.
In 1932 Aatos Jaskari was a member of the Finnish wrestling team at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He started there in both styles. In the free style he won the bantamweight over Joseph Reid , Great Britain, James Trifunov , Canada and Georgios Zervinis , Greece, but then lost to Ödön Zombori , Hungary and Robert E. Pearce from the United States and won the bronze medal. In the Greco-Roman style, Aatos Jaskari lost to Jakob Brendel from Germany and Herman Tuvesson from Sweden and only came in 6th out of seven participants.
Aatos Jaskari was also able to qualify for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . There he only started in the free style in bantamweight. After a loss to Herman Tuvesson, he won over Enrique Jurado from the Philippines and Marcello Nizzola from Italy, but was then defeated by Ross Flood from the United States, with which he was eliminated and finished in 5th place.
At European Championships, which took place regularly from 1925 to 1939, Aatos Jaskari was not at the start.
Aatos Jaskari's son, Tauno Jaskari , was also a world class wrestler.
International success
year | space | competition | Style | Weight class | Results |
1932 | bronze | OS in Los Angeles | F. | Bantam | after victories over Joseph Reid, Great Britain, James Trifunov, Canada and Georgios Zervinis, Greece and defeats against Ödön Zombori, Hungary and Robert E. Pearce, USA |
1932 | 6th | OS in Los Angeles | GR | Bantam | after losing to Jakob Brendel, Germany and Herman Tuvesson, Sweden |
1936 | 5. | OS in Berlin | F. | Bantam | after one defeat against Herman Tuvesson, victories over Enrique Jurado, Philippines and Marcello Nizzola, Italy and one defeat against Ross Flood, USA |
Finnish championships
year | space | Style | Weight class | Results |
1928 | 3. | F. | Bantam | behind Kaarlo Mäkinen and Joppe Ryhänen |
1929 | 3. | GR | Bantam | behind Urho Pappinen and Väinö Ylikoski |
1931 | 1. | GR | Bantam | before Joppe Ryhänen and Aatos Siponen |
1931 | 1. | F. | Bantam | before Milliam Maunula and T. Koponen |
1932 | 2. | GR | Bantam | behind Urho Pappinen, in front of Antti Vallin |
1932 | 1. | F. | Bantam | before Urho Pappinen and Aaro Krankkala |
1933 | 1. | F. | Bantam | before Milliam Maunula and Väinö Mäkinen |
1934 | 2. | GR | Bantam | behind Esko Hjelt , in front of Antti Vallin |
1935 | 1. | F. | Bantam | before Guido Vestergård and E. Vasama |
1936 | 2. | F. | Bantam | behind Milliam Maunula, in front of E. Turunen |
1937 | 1. | F. | Bantam | in front of Pauli Niemi and Aaro Valli |
1938 | 2. | F. | Bantam | behind Pauli Niemi, in front of Antti Halonen |
- Explanations
- F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games
- Bantam weight, weight class, then up to 56 kg body weight
literature
- Documentationo of International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, publisher FILA, 1976
- Athletics magazine , official organ of the German Athletics Sports Association (DASV) from 1891, Frankfurt (Main)
Web links
- Aatos Jaskari in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile of Aatos Jaskari at the Institute for Applied Training Science
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jaskari, Aatos |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaskari, Aatos Tuomas; Yli-Jaskari, Aatos Tuomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nurmo |
DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1962 |
Place of death | Nurmo |