Eino Aukusti Leino (7 April 1891 – 30 November 1986) was a

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won a medal each time, including a gold in 1920. Leino started as a diver and

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goalkeeper before changing to wrestling. In late 1914 he immigrated to the United States, and therefore did not compete at Finnish, European and world championships until 1930s, when he returned to Finland. He won the American AAU Championships in 1920 and 1923 and placed second in Finnish championships in 1936. Leino was a carpenter by profession, and later in 1949–52 also worked as a sports functionary in Finland.

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* 1891 births 1986 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Kuopio Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from North Savo 19th-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub