Kyösti Luukko (February 17, 1903 – October 27, 1970) was a Finnish

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and Olympic medalist. He won the silver medal in

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at the

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."1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 10, 2008) He also competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

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* 1903 births 1970 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub