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Lauri Koskela (16 May 1907 – 3 August 1944) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively.[1] Koskela was the European champion in 1935, 1937 and 1938 and placed third in 1939. Domestically, he won seven titles in 1932–33, 1936 and 1940–43.[2]

Lauri Koskela

Personal information
Born	16 May 1907 Lapua, Finland
Died	3 August 1944 (aged 37) Baryshevo, Leningrad, Russia
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62–68 kg (137–150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Lapuan Virkiä
Medal record Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles -61 kg 1936 Berlin -66 kg European championships 1935 Copenhagen -66 kg 1937 Paris -66 kg 1938 Tallinn -66 kg 1939 Oslo -66 kg

Kidnapping and death

Koskela lived in Lapua, South Ostrobothnia, where he worked at the State Cartridge Factory. Koskela was a member of the local trade union branch and the Communist Party of Finland. In 1930, he was kidnapped by the fascist Lapua Movement. Koskela represented the left-wing club Ponnistus until the fall of 1930, when he joined the right-wing Virkiä in order to make it to the Olympics, as the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation did not participate the games.[2] Koskela was killed in action during the Continuation War in 1944.[3]

See also

• List of kidnappings
• List of solved missing person cases

References

External links

• Lauri Koskela at International Wrestling Database
• Lauri Koskela at Olympics.com
• Lauri Koskela at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Lauri Koskela

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[it] Lauri Koskela

Lauri Koskela (Lapua, 16 maggio 1907 – Baryshevo, 3 agosto 1944) è stato un lottatore finlandese, specializzato nello stile greco-romano.

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[ru] Коскела, Лаури

Лаури Коскела (фин. Lauri Koskela; 16 мая 1907 (1907-05-16), Лапуа, Западная Похьянмаа, Финляндия — 3 августа 1944, Паакола, Выборгский район, Ленинградская область, СССР) — финский борец греко-римского стиля, чемпион и призёр Олимпийских игр, неоднократный чемпион Европы, чемпион Финляндии (1932, 1933, 1936, 1940—1943)[3][4]

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