Matti Tapio Poikala (born 26 July 1935) is a retired Swedish wrestler. He competed in the freestyle lightweight division at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

, but was eliminated in the second bout. He then won a silver medal at the 1968 European and a bronze at the 1969 world championships in

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 ...

, and finished fourth in 1969 in the 74 kg freestyle contest. Poikala was born in Finland and immigrated to Sweden in 1959.

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1935 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Finnish emigrants to Sweden World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub