Åke Aleksej Karlsson (16 August 1911,

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

– 12 February 1958) was a

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born and died in

and was also known under the name ''Keiras''. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist

Oscar Casanovas Oscar Casanovas (May 15, 1914 – 1987) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Amateur career In 1936 he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against Charles Catterall. Olympic ...

1936 Olympic results

Below is the record of Åke Karlsson, a Finnish featherweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Clarrie Gordon (New Zealand) on points * Round of 16: lost to

(Argentina) on points

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1911 births 1958 deaths Sportspeople from Turku Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Finland Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish male boxers {{Finland-boxing-bio-stub