Martti Kalevi Marjamaa (born January 29, 1953) is a retired male
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
from
Finland
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, who represented his native country twice at the
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
: in 1976 and 1980.
Marjamaa was born in
Nivala
Nivala is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Geo ...
. He was nicknamed "Kalle" during his career. He is the brother-in-law of Finnish sprint athlete
Helinä Laihorinne-Marjamaa.
1976 Olympic results
Below is the record of Kalevi Marjamaa, a Finnish welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
* Round of 64: lost to Valeri Rachkov (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest in third round
References
sports-reference
1953 births
Living people
People from Nivala
Welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Finland
Finnish male boxers
Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia
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