Taavi Tamminen
Emil Väre and Taavi Tamminen (right) at the 1920 Olympics
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30 March 1889 Uurainen, Central Finland |
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| Died | 19 January 1967 (aged 77) Helsinki, Finland |
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| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67–74 kg (148–163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Viipurin Voimailijat, Vyborg | ||||||||||||||||
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Taavi Tamminen (30 March 1889 – 19 January 1967) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a silver Olympic medal in 1920, losing in the final to his clubmate Emil Väre, a world title in 1921, and a national title in 1922. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling referee and masseur, attending the 1936 Summer Olympics with the Finnish team.
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