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Emil Väre
Emil Ernst Väre (28 September 1885 – 31 January 1974) was a Finland, Finnish Amateur wrestling, wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Väre held the 1911 World title, the 1912 unofficial European title, and 1909 and 1911 national titles. Between 1912 and 1916 he won all his wrestling bouts. He retired after the 1920 Olympics to become a wrestling referee and coach. In the 1920s he acted a president, general-secretary, treasurer and vice-president of his wrestling club Viipurin Voimailijat and was a board member of the Finnish Wrestling Federation. References External links profile 1885 births 1974 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kärkölä
Kärkölä () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Its seat is in Järvelä, which is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti railway. Neighbour municipalities: Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The distance between Kärkölä and Lahti is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Kärkölä once belonged to the Hollola parish, and in 1711 it became the Hollola chapel parish. The first church was completed in 1754 and the second in 1889. Officially, the municipality of Kärkölä was founded in 1867. In the late 19th century, the eccentric engineer named Carl Constantin Collin, who ruled over large areas of both Hollola and Kärkölä, built large parks and building groups in the Huovila area. Villages Hevonoja, Hongisto, Hähkäniemi, Iso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
