Aleksanteri Toivola (4 March 1893 – 27 August 1987) was a

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and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Olympics

Toivola competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in

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where he won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class."1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)

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* 1893 births 1987 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 19th-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub