caption death_date death_place club birth_place weight height sport birth_date image article_title name
väinö kokkinen at the 1928 olympics 27 august 1967 -lrb- aged 67 -rrb- kouvola , finland hkv , helsinki hpm , helsinki hollola , finland 78 -- 85 kg 0 on 172 cm ftin 0 on greco-roman wrestling 25 november 1899 väinö kokkinen 1928.jpg väinö kokkinen
 väinö kokkinen
väinö kokkinen

väinö kokkinen -lrb- 25 november 1899 -- 27 august 1967 -rrb- was a finnish greco-roman wrestler .
he won two olympic gold medals in the middleweight category , in 1928 and 1932 , and finished in fourth place in 1936 .
between 1925 and 1933 he won one gold and four silver medals at the european championships as well as six national titles -lrb- 1926 , 1929 -- 32 and 1934 -rrb- .
kokkinen was a blacksmith by profession and fought in the finnish civil war .
he started training in wrestling in 1921 , after moving to helsinki .
he retired in 1936 and ran a successful business in the clothing and hospitality industry .
in the 1940s he was also a board member of the sports club `` helsingin jyry '' .
