Herman Matinpoika "Hermanni" Pihlajamäki (11 November 1903 – 4 June 1982) was a

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wrestler. He competed in

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at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. At the European championships he won a freestyle gold medal in 1931, and two silver medals in 1935, in freestyle and

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

. Pihlajamäki won six Finnish titles: in 1927, 1930, 1932 and 1935–1937, five of them in freestyle wrestling. He worked as a policeman. His cousin

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was also a policeman and an Olympic champion in wrestling.

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* 1903 births 1982 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland European Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub