Risto Björlin (born 1944) was a Finnish wrestler. He was born in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

. He won an Olympic bronze medal 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 ...

in 1972. He also competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

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* 1944 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vaasa 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub