Aatos Jaskari (April 26, 1904 – March 16, 1962) was a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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wrestler
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and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in
freestyle wrestling
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at the
1932 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles
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.
["1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 10, 2008) He also competed at the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
.
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1904 births
1962 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Finland
Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Finnish male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century Finnish people
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