Hermanni Pihlajamäki

Hermanni Pihlajamäki ( born November 11, 1903 in Nurmo; † 4 June 1982 Ähtäri ) was a Finnish wrestler.

Hermanni Pihlajamäki was a younger cousin of the largest Finnish wrestler of all time Kustaa Pihlajamäki. Following this family tradition, was also the young wrestler and Hermanni also grew into the Finnish top class. In 1929 he was Finnish runner in Greco-Roman wrestling in lightweight. He started for the wrestler club Vaasan Voima - Veikot. Hermanni, actually a featherweight (up to 61 kg body weight), often started at lightweight (up to 66 kg body weight) to go Kustaa out of the way. But he had in Finland heaviest in this weight class in Aarne Reini, Aarne Mäki and Lauri Koskela competition. The greatest success Hermanni Pihlajamäkis was the Olympic gold medal in 1932 in Los Angeles featherweight, free style. Also in 1936 he won at the Olympic Games in Berlin again a medal.

Hermanni Pihlajamäki was a police officer.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, European Championship EM =, Fe = Featherweight, Le = Lightweight, F = Freestyle, GR = Greco-Roman style)

Finnish Championships

Hermanni Pihlajamäki won a total of six Finnish Champion title