Kalervo Rauhala

Kalervo Juhani Rauhala (born 19 October 1930 in Ylistaro ) is a Finnish wrestler. He won the silver medal behind Axel Grönberg from Sweden at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.

Career

Kalervo Rauhala began as a teenager when Ringer club Ylistaron Kilpa - Veljet with the rings. He made ​​rapid progress and has already been used in 1951 for the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman. Style at middleweight. In 1952 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Helsinki in Greco-Roman. Style at middleweight. Kalervo Rauhala could fully convince in Helsinki, where she won with four wins the silver medal. Among the defeated wrestlers from him also Gustav Gocke were from Germany and the Soviet champion Nikolai Bjelow.

Also at the World Championships in 1953 in Naples Kalervo Rauhala came with the 3rd place in the middleweight division, back in the Graeco-Roman. Style, winning a medal. He won inter alia on the German master Johann Sterr from Munich and the later Olympic champion Branislav Simic from Yugoslavia.

At the World Championship 1955 in Karlsruhe in Greco-Roman. Style was Kalervo Rauhala back on the wrestling mat. However, he had this bad luck, because after a victory in the first round of the Iranians Mansoor Hasrati he was forced to retire injured and remained so unplaced.

In other international championships he failed to boot up. But he was still up in the year 1960 his country in many countries battles available. He did not shrink from it, even in 1955 to compete in the heavyweight division against the city was still, however, still early in his career German Wilfried Dietrich. He gave this a balanced fight and narrowly lost on points.

It is also remarkable that his sons and Pekka Jouha Ringer international stature were, what the father Kalervo has certainly helped a lot.

Achievements

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Mi = middleweight, Hs = Halbschwergewic ht, S = Heavy weight, then to 79 kg, 87 kg and 87 kg body weight)

Finnish Championships

Kalervo Rauhala 1951, 1952, 1955 and 1957 Finnish champion in Greco-Roman. Style and 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1958 in free style. In 1953 he became vice-champion in Greco- Roman style.

Countries fighting

Swell

  • Ringer (Finland )
  • Olympian (Finland )
  • Finn
  • Born in 1930
  • Man
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