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Kelpo Gröndahl

1920 - 1994

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Kelpo Olavi Gröndahl (28 March 1920 – 2 August 1994) was a light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. He won another silver medal at the 1953 World Championships and finished fifth at the 1947 European Championships. Domestically he won 15 national titles, 11 in Greco-Roman (1943, 1946–1955) and 4 in freestyle wrestling (1948–1950, 1952). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kelpo Gröndahl is the 245th most popular wrestler (down from 210th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Finland (up from 382nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Kelpo Gröndahl ranks 245 out of 1,027. Before him are Avtandil Koridze, Asuka, Lex Luger, Ivan Bohdan, George Mehnert, and Bubba Ray Dudley. After him are Charles Ericksen, Nathan Jones, Angelo Parisi, Nicolae Martinescu, Jimmy Hart, and Bobby Heenan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Kelpo Gröndahl ranks 378. Before him are Osamu Hayaishi, Bella Abzug, Stan Musial, Leonid Shvartsman, Antoinette Meyer, and Elmo Zumwalt. After him are Clive Dunn, Ted Fujita, Shelly Manne, Osvaldo Sáez, Edera Cordiale, and Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola. Among people deceased in 1994, Kelpo Gröndahl ranks 300. Before him are Agostino Di Bartolomei, Ellsworth Vines, Herbert Schade, Cheb Hasni, Vilmos Varjú, and Albert Decourtray. After him are Frank Belknap Long, Erwin Strittmatter, Mikhail Krivonosov, Roger Apéry, Yuli Raizman, and Richard Scarry.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kelpo Gröndahl ranks 371 out of 751. Before him are Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Matti Lähde (1911), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Osmo Vänskä (1953), and Anna-Maja Henriksson (1964). After him are Vilho Väisälä (1889), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Hannu Salama (1936), and Kaarlo Tuominen (1908).

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Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Kelpo Gröndahl ranks 12. Before him are Adolf Lindfors (1879), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), and Arvo Haavisto (1900). After him are Martti Nieminen (1891), Johan Olin (1883), Pertti Ukkola (1950), Harri Koskela (1965), Marko Yli-Hannuksela (1973), and Petra Olli (1994).

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