Markku Yli-Isotalo

Markku Yli-Isotalo (born November 9, 1952 in Kuortane , † August 2, 2011 ) was a Finnish wrestler .

Career

Markku Yli-Isotalo began as a student in 1961 in his hometown when Ringer Club Kuortaneen Kunto with the rings . He was active in both styles, free style and Greco-Roman style. Markku Yli-Isotalo developed into a good wrestler, who was the best Finnish lightweight wrestler in both styles in the early 1970s after the resignation of world champion Eero Tapio . He held this position until the late 1970s.

During this period, Markku Yli-Isotalo won a total of eleven Finnish championship titles in the senior category, five in the Greco-Roman. Style and six in free style. He made his debut on the international wrestling mat in 1970 with a fifth place at the Junior European Championship (Juniors = up to the age of 18) in Huskvarna in Greco-Roman. Style in the class up to 60 kg body weight.

In the seniors he reached the 1974 Nordic Championships in Trelleborg in the lightweight (Greco-Roman style) behind the Swede Lars-Erik Skiöld the 2nd place. Lars-Erik Skiöld he became a real fear opponent of Markku Yli-Isotalo, against whom he lost several times.

The best best result at an international championship of Markku Yli-Isotalo was 4th place at the 1975 World Cup in Minsk in Greco-Roman. Lightweight style. At this world championship he also defeated the German champion Erich Klaus from Reilingen on points. At the only Olympic Games in which he participated, he finished in 1976 in Montreal in the lightweight, Greco-Roman. Style, 8th place. He defeated Lars-Erik Skiöld for the first time and blocked his way into the medal ranks. He suffered defeats from Manfred Schöndorfer from Bad Reichenhall and the Turkish Erol Mutlu .

At the end of 1979, Markku Yli-Isotalo ended his international wrestling career. His successor in Finland was the later world champion Tapio Sipilä .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, then up to 68 kg, 74 kg and 82 kg body weight)

• 1970, 5th place , European Junior Championships (Juniors) in Huskvarna , GR, up to 60 kg body weight, behind Lars-Erik Skiöld , Sweden , Valeri Spiridonow, USSR , Alexander Szabo, Romania , and Ivan Velluttini, Switzerland , and in front of Janko Schopow , Bulgaria ;
• 1973, 12th place , EM in Lausanne , F, Le, after defeats against Ali Sahin , Turkey , and Sreter Saliovski, Yugoslavia ;
• 1973, 10th place , EM in Helsinki , GR, Le, with a victory over Öistein Davidsen, Norway , and defeats against Eugen Hupcă , Romania, and Lars-Erik Skiöld;
• 1973, 11th place , World Championships in Tehran , GR, Le, after defeats against Mohamed Dalirian, Iran , and Lars-Erik Skiöld;
• 1974, 2nd place , Nordic Championship in Trelleborg , GR, Le, behind Lars-Erik Skiöld and in front of Weirum , Denmark , and L. Karlsson, Norway ;
• 1974, 9th place , World Championships in Katowice , GR, Le, with victories over Ioannis Mavraganis, Greece , and Mustafa Artaner, Turkey, and defeats against Istvan Nemeth, Hungary, and Andrzej Supron , Poland ;
• 1975, 6th place , tournament in Klippan , GR, We, behind Iwan Zemkow , USSR, Jan Karlsson , Sweden, Veikko Lavonen , Finland, Kurt Gansserich, FRG , and Janko Schopow;
• 1975, 11th place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, Le, after defeats against Manfred Schöndorfer , FRG, and Ștefan Rusu , Romania;
• 1975, 4th place , World Cup in Minsk , GR, Le, with victories over Erich Klaus , FRG, Hans Brötzner, Austria , and Pavel Ehrlich, Czechoslovakia , and defeats to Takeshi Kobayashi, Japan , and Binjo Tschifudow , Bulgaria;
• 1976, 13th place , EM in Leningrad , GR, Le, after defeats against Ferenc Toma, Hungary , and Schamil Chisamutdinow , USSR;
• 1976, 8th place , OS in Montreal , GR, Le, with victories over Lars-Erik Skiöld and Arona Mane, Senegal , and defeats to Manfred Schöndorfer and Erol Mutlu , Turkey;
• 1977, 10th place , EM in Bursa , GR, Le, after defeats against Heinz-Helmut Wehling , GDR , and Karoly Gaal , Hungary;
• 1977, 7th place , World Championships in Gothenburg , Gr, Le, with victories over Trond Kvalheim, Norway, Heinrich Magistrini, Switzerland, and Ioannis Mavraganis and defeats against Andrzej Supron and Karoly Gaal;
• 1978, 13th place , EM in Oslo , GR, Le, after defeats against Stefan Rusu and Gennady Jermilow , USSR

Finnish championships

• 1972, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Jorma Liimatainen and in front of Jorma Sarinen,
• 1973, 2nd place, F, Le, behind Jorma Liimatainen and in front of Joukka Kuossari,
• 1973, 1st place, GR, Le, ahead of Veikko Lavonen and Martti Laakso ,
• 1974, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Joukko Kuossari and Pentti Ojala,
• 1974, 1st place, GR, Le, ahead of Jorma Juopperi and Jorma Talvitie,
• 1975, 1st place, F, Le, ahead of Kari Övermark and Matti Övermark,
• 1975, 1st place, GR, Le, ahead of Jorma Juopperi and Juhani Tuuri,
• 1976, 1st place, F, Wed, ahead of Esa Ahvenniemi and Veikko Lavonen,
• 1976, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Mikko Huhtala and Esko Hindikka,
• 1977, 1st place, F, We, ahead of Hannu Lemettinen and Matti Övermark,
• 1977, 1st place, GR, Le, ahead of Pekka Hjelt and Markku Lesell,
• 1978, 1st place, F, We, ahead of Timo Kangasniemi and Jouni Mattila,
• 1978, 1st place, GR, Le in front of Tapio Sipilä and Arto Ahonen,
• 1979, 1st place, F, Wed, ahead of Joukko Knuutila and Ari Lahtinen,
• 1979, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Matti Övermark and Tapio Sipilä

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 06/07/1977, page 6, 11/1978, page 12, 5/1978, page 6
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Website of the Finnish Sports Federation TUL www.tulpaini.fi with the results of the Finnish championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vainajia . In: Viiskunta . 56, August 4, 2011, p. 4.

Web links

• Profile of Markku Yli-Isotalo at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Markku Yli-Isotalo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )