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Kalle Anttila

1887 - 1949

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Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila (30 August 1887 – 10 October 1949) was a Finnish wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in the freestyle lightweight category in 1920 and in the Greco-Roman featherweight division in 1924. He also won world titles in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1921 and 1922. Anttila was the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1918–20 and 1929 and in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kalle Anttila is the 119th most popular wrestler (down from 92nd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Finland (up from 267th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Kalle Anttila ranks 119 out of 1,027. Before him are Road Dogg, Buddy Rogers, Ignazio Fabra, Verner Weckman, Mijaín López, and Hamit Kaplan. After him are Johannes Kotkas, Aydin Ibrahimov, Brutus Beefcake, Kurt Pettersén, Drew McIntyre, and Kustaa Pihlajamäki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Kalle Anttila ranks 189. Before him are Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Joseph Lamb, Amadeo García, Julius Pokorny, Teodor Koskenniemi, and Waloddi Weibull. After him are Yuri Shaporin, Valentine Hugo, Al Ernest Garcia, Ayşe Sultan, María Teresa Ferrari, and Janne Lundblad. Among people deceased in 1949, Kalle Anttila ranks 125. Before him are James Somerville, Arvo Aaltonen, Alexander Serafimovich, Eddie Owen, Carl Vaugoin, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. After him are Makino Nobuaki, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, George Larner, Carlo Galetti, Themistoklis Sofoulis, and Eusebio Castigliano.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kalle Anttila ranks 240 out of 751. Before him are Sofi Oksanen (1977), Antti Tulenheimo (1879), Vesa-Matti Loiri (1945), Verner Weckman (1882), Paavo Johansson (1895), and Teodor Koskenniemi (1887). After him are Reino Kuuskoski (1907), Gustaf Molander (1888), Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), and Lars Sonck (1870).

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Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Kalle Anttila ranks 4. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Väinö Kokkinen (1899), and Verner Weckman (1882). After him are Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), Adolf Lindfors (1879), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Arvo Haavisto (1900), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920).

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