Tauno Kovanen (20 June 1917 – 9 February 1986) was a Finnish

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. He was born in

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. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1952. Kovanen was a policeman by profession.

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* 1917 births 1986 deaths People from Ylöjärvi Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub