Matti Rudolf "Masa" Perttilä (21 January 1896 – 12 May 1968) 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 ...

who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

. He was born and died in

Isokyrö Isokyrö (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, from Vaasa. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In the name of the municip ...

. In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition after winning the final of the bronze medal round against

Sjur Johnsen Sjur Johnsen (20 June 1891 – 2 October 1978) was a Norwegian wrestler and track and field athlete. Life and career Johnsen was born in Vik. He competed in wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he placed fourth in Greco ...

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* 1896 births 1968 deaths People from Isokyrö Sportspeople from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ostrobothnia (administrative region) 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-Olympic-medalist-stub