Toni Hannula
Toni Leander Hannula ( born April 30, 1962 in Rovaniemi ) is a Finnish former wrestler, winner of the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1985 in Greco-Roman style in the light heavyweight division.
Career
Toni Hannula began in 1970 when Ringer Lapin Lukko Club, where he remained until 1975, with the rings. This club was just like the wrestler Club Muhoksen Voitto, wrestled for Toni Hannula from 1976 until the end of his career, the Finnish Sports Federation TUL to workers. Based on an agreement, the athletes of this association could start but with all of the World Championships wrestler federation FILA belonging to associations.
Toni Hannula occupied since 1976 in the junior level at the Championships of Finland Ringer Association and the Sporterbandes TUL at the respective ages getting top ranks. In 1979 he won at the age of 17 years for the first time the championship of the sports association TUL in Greco-Roman. Style in the light heavyweight division. Overall, it was nine times champion of this association. His first Finnish championship of the National Association of wrestler he won in 1982 also in the Greco-Roman. Style in the light heavyweight division. Overall, he was four times Finnish champion until 1997, reaching fourteen positions on the places 1 to 3, although until 1995, he took a break from professional reasons in 1990, where he participated in no championships.
Toni Hannula had in Finland in his weight class in Keijo Manni and Harri Koskela two tough competitors. These three athletes made their starting place in the international championship mutually dispute. Toni Hannula managed in the years 1983-1987 several times to fight for this launch site. So he was at the World Championships 1983 in Kiev in the light heavyweight in Greco-Roman. Style at the start. He had there, but learns the hard way and only came on the 13th Place.
Much more he reached at the European Championships in 1984 in Jonkoping. He won there three fights, with particularly his victory over Ilie Matei from Romania is noteworthy, but lost to Atanas Komtschew from Bulgaria and Pozidis Georgios, Greece. He finished in an honorable 4th place. Also at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles Toni Hannula was at the start. With a win and two defeats, he reached a good 7th place there.
The greatest success in his international career Ringer succeeded Toni Hannula at the European Championships in 1985 in Leipzig. Its excellent performance he came there behind Igor Kanygin from the USSR and Ilie Matei, but before Andrzej Malina from Poland and Franz Pitschmann from Austria to 3rd place.
In 1987 he graduated at the World Championships in Clermont- Ferrand his last start at an international championship. He came here in the heavyweight division on the 10th Place.
Toni Hannula started from 1980 to 1986 regularly in international tournaments of his association TUL. These tournaments a part of the world elite was always gathered, because there the former Eastern bloc countries were always represented with strong wrestlers. He arrived at these tournaments usually very good places and even won the 1984 tournament.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek and Roman. Style, F = free style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = Heavy weight, then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)
Finnish Championships
Championships of the sports association TUL
Toni Hannula was Master of the Sports Federation TUL in the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1987 in the light heavyweight and heavyweight in 1984 and 1986, respectively in Greco- Roman style.
Swell
- Journal The wrestler, numbers: 5/ 1984, pages 9, 9/ 1984, pages 11 and 5/1985, page 5
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Science of the University of Leipzig
- Website of the sports association TUL www.tulpaini.fi