Kalervo Rauhala (October 19, 1930,

Ylistaro Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a pop ...

– September 21, 2016)Suomalainen olympiamitalisti Kalervo Rauhala on kuollut
''Ilta-Sanomat'' (Retrieved on September 22, 2016) was a Finnish

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

Rauhala competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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where he received a silver medal in

, the ''middleweight'' class."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 27, 2008)

References

1930 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub