Tuomo Karila

Tuomo Arto Mikael Karila (born April 7, 1968 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish wrestler .

Career

Tuomo Karila started as a teenager when Ringer Club Vantaan Sampo with the rings . His coach was the former world champion Ilpo Seppälä , who trained him to become an excellent wrestler. Unlike most other world class wrestlers, Tuomo Karila was not a professional wrestler, but studied medicine on the side . He was active in both styles and became a Finnish master several times both in the free style and in the Greco-Roman style. On the international wrestling mat, however, he was only at the start in the Greco-Roman style.

Tuomo Karila made his debut at international championships at the Junior World Championships of Espoirs (age group up to 20 years) in 1987 in Burnaby , Canada . There he took an excellent 3rd place in the welterweight division, which he was followed by a 2nd place at the European Junior Championships of the Espoirs in 1988 in Waldenburg, Poland.

In the senior class, Tuomo Karila first started in an international championship in 1989, namely the World Championship in Martigny / Switzerland . He finished there in 10th place in the welterweight division. As early as the next year he achieved his first great success at the European Championships in Poznań. It was not until the final that he lost to his Nordic compatriot Torbjörn Kornbakk from Sweden and won the European Championship silver medal.

In the following years, very good placements alternated with rather mediocre placements. However, Tuomo Karila managed to stand on the podium twice at international championships. In 1991 he became vice European champion again at the European welterweight championship in Aschaffenburg , beaten only by the very strong Soviet wrestler Mnatsakan Iskandarian and in 1994 he was even vice world champion in Tampere in the middleweight division. In the final he was defeated by Thomas Zander from Aalen , against whom he also lost several times on other occasions.

Tuomo Karila competed twice at the Olympic Games: 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta . Both times he was not very lucky and ended up in 11th place.

In 1997 Tuomo Karila ended his wrestling career and finished his medical studies. Dr. med. Tuomo Karila is now a recognized orthopedic surgeon who has published several scientific papers at the University of Helsinki. He is also a member of the Anti-Doping Commission of the Finnish Wrestling Federation and is a member of the Finnish National Olympic Committee. He lives in Östersundom, a village in Sipoo .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 74 kg, 82 kg and 90 kg body weight)

• 1987, 3rd place , Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Burnaby / Canada , GR, We, behind Nikolai Palaschnik, USSR and Janos Takacs , Hungary and in front of Udo Ruggaber , FRG , Jerzy Exterowicz, Poland and Tomas Kloevenaes, Sweden ;
• 1988, 2nd place , Junior EM in Waldenburg / Poland , GR, We, behind Beslan Tschagajew, USSR and in front of Richard Metejska, CSSR ;
• 1989, 10th place , World Championship in Martigny / Switzerland , GR, We, winner: Daulet Turlychanow , USSR ahead of Anton Arghira, Romania , Petar Tenew , Bulgaria and Udo Ruggaber;
• 1990, 2nd place , EM in Poznań , GR, We, behind Torbjörn Kornbakk , Sweden and in front of Jaroslaw Zeman , CSSR, Jozef Tracz , Poland and Udo Ruggaber ;
• 1990, 11th place , World Cup in Rome , GR, We, winner: Mnatsakan Iskandarian , USSR ahead of Dobri Marinow-Ivanov , Bulgaria and Zeliko Trajkovics, Yugoslavia ;
• 1990, 2nd place , FILA Grand Prix Tournament, GR, We, behind Bissolt Dezijew , USSR and in front of Yvon Riemer , France ;
• 1991, 2nd place , EM in Aschaffenburg , GR, We, behind Mnatsakan Iskandarian and in front of Torbjörn Kornbakk, Janos Takacs, Yvon Riemer and Anton Marchl, Austria ;
• 1991, 7th place , World Championships in Warna , GR, We, behind Mnatsakan Iskandarian, Jaroslaw Zeman, Yvon Riemer, Mircea Constantin, Romania, Jozef Tracz and Petar Tenew;
• 1992, 11th place , OS in Barcelona , GR, We, winner: Mnatsakan Iskandarian ahead of Jozef Tracz and Torbjörn Kornbakk;
• 1993, 4th place , Nordic Championship, GR, Wed. behind Martin Lidberg , Sweden, Knut Steinar Isaksen, Norway and Henning Jörgensen, Denmark and in front of Andrej Gibojedow, Lithuania ;
• 1993, 9th place , EM in Istanbul , GR, Wed, winners: Thomas Zander , FRG ahead of Hamza Yerlikaya , Turkey , Murat Kardanow , Russia and Goram Kasum , Yugoslavia;
• 1993, 5th place , World Cup in Heinola / Finland, GR, Wed, behind Sergej Nasewitsch , Russia, Dan Niebuhr , USA , Seppo Salomäki, Finland and Janos Kismoni, Hungary;
• 1994, 8th place , European Championship in Athens , GR, Wed, winner: Thomas Zander ahead of Gotcha Ziziaschwili , Israel and Sergej Nasewitsch;
• 1994, 2nd place , World Championships in Tampere , GR, Wed, behind Thomas Zander and in front of Valeri Zilent , Belarus , Alexis Banes, Cuba , Igor Bugajew, Ukraine and Pavel Frinta , CSSR;
• 1995, 5th place , EM in Besançon , GR, Wed, behind Sergei Zwir , Russia, Christo Stantschew, Bulgaria, Gotcha Zizuishvili and Alexandre Pikalo, Belarus and in front of Pavel Frinta;
• 1995, 20th place , World Championships in Prague , GR, Wed, winner: Hamza Yerlikaya ahead of Gotcha Ziziaschwili and Thomas Zander;
• 1996, 4th place , EM in Budapest , GR, Wed, behind Hamza Yerlikaya, Peter Farkas, Hungary and Gocha Tschitschuaschwili and in front of Martin Lidberg and Sergej Zwir;
• 1996, 11th place , OS in Atlanta , GR, Wed, winner: Hamza Yerlikaya ahead of Thomas Zander and Waleri Zilent, with a victory over Felix Villalobos Isasola, Cuba and defeats against Daulet Turlychanow and Waleri Zilent

Finnish championships

• 1986, 3rd place, F, We, behind Hannu Rantala and Kari Övermark ,
• 1988, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of Tapio Sipilä and Seppo Salomäki,
• 1988, 3rd place, F, Wed, behind Pekka Rauhala and Jukka Tammisto,
• 1989, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Jouko Salomäki and Jaakko Talvitie ,
• 1989, 1st place, F, Wed, in front of Matti Övermark and Jussi Tuokkola,
• 1990, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of Michael Lyyski and Rami Kahlos,
• 1990, 2nd place, F, Wed, behind Pekka Rauhala and in front of Jussi Tuokkola,
• 1991, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of Pasi Sarkinen and Petri Sarkijärvi,
• 1991, 3rd place, F, Wed, behind Pekka Rauhala and Pasi Sarkinen,
• 1992, 2nd place, GR, Wed, behind Timo Niemi and in front of Marko Asell ,
• 1993, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Timo Niemi and Seppo Salomäki,
• 1993, 1st place, F, Hs, ahead of Jouko Salomäki and Jussi Ketonen,
• 1994, 1st place, GR, Wed, ahead of Seppo Salomäki and Marko Asell,
• 1995, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Harri Koskela and in front of Mika Sinsalo,
• 1996, 1st place, GR, Hs, ahead of Jussi Ketonen and Petri Särkijärvi

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 9/1989, pages 6/7, 5/1990, page 8, 11/1990, page 9, 5/1991, page 10, 10/1991, pages 5/6, 5/1993, page 9, 5/1994, page 10, 9/1994, page 13, 5/1995, page 8
• Website of the Finnish Workers' Sports Association TUL www.tulpaini.fi with the results of the Finnish championships

Web links

Profile of Tuomo Karila at the Institute for Applied Training Science