Matti Poikala
Swedish wrestler (born 1935)
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Born | 26 July 1935 (1935-07-26) (age 89) Sippola, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | IFK Hedemora | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Matti Tapio Poikala (born 26 July 1935) is a retired Swedish wrestler. He competed in the freestyle lightweight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the second bout. He then won a silver medal at the 1968 European and a bronze at the 1969 world championships in Greco-Roman wrestling, and finished fourth in 1969 in the 74 kg freestyle contest.[1]
Poikala was born in Finland and immigrated to Sweden in 1959.[2]
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