Kalle Anttila

Kalle Anttila

Personal information
Born	30 August 1887 Muhos, Finland
Died	1 January 1975 (aged 87) Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb) 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman Freestyle
Club	Sport Tallinn
Coached by	Anton Ohaka
Medal record Representing  Finland Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic Games 1924 Paris Featherweight World Championships 1921 Helsinki Featherweight 1922 Stockholm Featherweight Men's Freestyle Wrestling Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Lightweight

Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila (30 August 1887 – 1 January 1975) was a Finnish wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in the freestyle lightweight category in 1920 and in the Greco-Roman featherweight division in 1924. He also won world titles in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1921 and 1922. Anttila was the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1918–20 and 1929 and in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and 1929.^[1]

In 1908 Anttila opened a shop in Helsinki, where he worked as a tailor. In 1932 he founded Anttilan Pukimo OY (later Kalle Anttila OY), a company producing work outfits. His son, also Kalle Anttila, later took over his father's business and founded the Anttila department store chain that now operates in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.^[1]

References

1. "Kalle Anttila". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.