Harri Matias Koskela (born 8 October 1965 in

Lapua Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to the Lapua River in the region of South Ostrobothnia. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The mun ...

) is a

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wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

and Olympic medalist in

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Olympics

Koskela competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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where he received the silver medal in

, the ''light heavyweight'' class."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling"
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World championships

Koskela received a silver medal at the 1990 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and a bronze medal at the

1991 FILA Wrestling World Championships The following is the final results of the 1991 World Wrestling Championships. Men's competition were held in Varna, Bulgaria and Women's competition were held in Tokyo, Japan. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gre ...

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* 1965 births Living people People from Lapua Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub