WRESTLER

Kustaa Pihlajamäki

1902 - 1944

Photo of Kustaa Pihlajamäki

Icon of person Kustaa Pihlajamäki

Kustaa Kustaanpoika Pihlajamäki (7 April 1902 – 10 February 1944) was a Finnish wrestler. He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two gold and one silver medal. Between 1930 and 1943 he won nine European and 28 national titles in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. Pihlajamäki worked as a policeman in Helsinki from 1925 to 1944, when he died during a Soviet bombing raid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kustaa Pihlajamäki is the 125th most popular wrestler (down from 110th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Finland (up from 285th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Kustaa Pihlajamäki by language

Loading...

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Kustaa Pihlajamäki ranks 125 out of 1,027. Before him are Kalle Anttila, Johannes Kotkas, Aydin Ibrahimov, Brutus Beefcake, Kurt Pettersén, and Drew McIntyre. After him are Ted DiBiase, Axel Grönberg, Kevin Owens, Adolf Lindfors, Ivan Yarygin, and Natalya Neidhart.

Most Popular Wrestlers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Kustaa Pihlajamäki ranks 221. Before him are Margaret Woodbridge, Afife Jale, Veli Saarinen, Flora Robson, Ferdinand Marian, and Nikolay Kamov. After him are Felisberto Hernández, Mario Magnozzi, Herbert Copeland, Yevgeny Petrov, Amparo Poch y Gascón, and Zaharia Stancu. Among people deceased in 1944, Kustaa Pihlajamäki ranks 246. Before him are Mary Adela Blagg, Henryk Sławik, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Jędrzej Moraczewski, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, and Jurgis Baltrušaitis. After him are Andrey Toshev, Jean Cavaillès, Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Jacques Roumain, and Al Smith.

Others Born in 1902

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1944

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kustaa Pihlajamäki ranks 256 out of 751. Before him are Veli Saarinen (1902), Erkki Tuomioja (1946), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Rudolf Walden (1878), Eino Penttilä (1906), and Toivo Kuula (1883). After him are Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Nils Torvalds (1945), Alexi Laiho (1979), Matti Salminen (1945), and Adolf Lindfors (1879).

Others born in Finland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Kustaa Pihlajamäki ranks 5. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Verner Weckman (1882), and Kalle Anttila (1887). After him are Adolf Lindfors (1879), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Arvo Haavisto (1900), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920).

Finnish born Wrestlers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous