Aarne Reini

Aarne Eemili cleaning ( born August 6, 1906 in Vaasa, † February 23, 1974 ) was a Finnish wrestler.

Career

Aarne Eemili cleaning grew up in the Finnish town of Vaasa, attended school there and began in 1918 with the rings in the sports club " Vaasanen Kiisto ", a club that belonged to the Workers' Sports Federation TUL. Aarne made ​​an apprenticeship as a locksmith and denied soon competitions for his club. Peak of his early career was winning the silver medal at the Workers Olympics 1931 in Vienna. In 1932 he joined the club " Voima - Veikot " Vaasa ( VVV ), a club that belonged to the Finnish Wrestling Federation, who was a member of the World Federation wrestlers. He could also use it to start at the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936 in Los Angeles and Berlin. Aarne cleaning wrestled exclusively in the Greco- Roman style, and in 1933 and 1934 European champion at lightweight. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, he won the silver medal in the featherweight (61 kg body weight) in which he had to work off, because he had lost at the Finnish Championships 1936 at lightweight against Lauri Koskela. Lauri Koskela, the 1936 Olympic champion in the lightweight, over the next few years was his main competitor in Finland. Aarne Reini, meanwhile Member of " Kisa - Veikot " Helsinki, but he was able to defeat in the Finnish championships in 1935, 1937 and 1938. Nevertheless, it was used at the European Championships this year by the Finnish Association Lauri Koskela. Aarne cleaning then returned to the Workers Sports Federation TUL and was its chairman from 1946 to 1949.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, European Championship EM =, Fe = Featherweight, Lightweight = Le, then to 61 kg or 66 kg body weight, GR = Greek and Roman. Style)

Finnish Championships

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