Kaarlo Olavi Väkevä (2 March 1909 – 27 March 1932) was a Finnish

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who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. He was born in

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; , ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Jakobstad is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Jakobstad is approximately , while the Jako ...

and died in

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. In 1928, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the featherweight class after losing to the eventual bronze medalist Harold Devine. Winning a bronze medal at the

1930 European Amateur Boxing Championships The 1930 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 4 to 8 June. It was the third edition of the competition, organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 64 fighters from 11 countri ...

, he became the first Finn to do so.

1928 Olympic results

Below is the record of Kaarlo Väkevä, a Finnish featherweight boxer who competed at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Raul Talan (Mexico) on points * Quarterfinal: lost to Harold Devine (United States) on points

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1909 births 1932 deaths Sportspeople from Jakobstad Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Finland Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Finnish male boxers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-boxing-bio-stub