Kalle Viljamaa

Kalle Albinus Viljamaa (15 March 1885 – 28 March 1918) was a Finnish wrestler.[1] He competed in the heavyweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]

Kalle Viljamaa
Kalle Viljamaa (left) and Jean Hauptmanns in the 1912 Olympics
Born(1885-03-15)15 March 1885
Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died28 March 1918(1918-03-28) (aged 33)
Tampere, Finland

Viljamaa died of White Guard artillery shelling during the Finnish Civil War Battle of Tampere.[3][4]

References
  1. "Kalle Viljamaa". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. "Kalle Viljamaa Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. "Viljamaa, Kalle Albinus". War Victims of Finland 1914–1922 Internet Database (in Finnish). The National Archives of Finland. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. Arponen, Antti O. (2013). "Vuoden 1918 kahinoissa kuoli viisi suomalaista olympiaurheilijaa" (in Finnish). Suomen Urheilutietäjät. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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