Pentti Hämäläinen

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Finland
	1952 Helsinki	Bantamweight
	1956 Melbourne	Featherweight

Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen (19 December 1929 in Kotka – 11 December 1984 in Kotka) was a Finnish bantamweight professional boxer, who won gold in Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in his home city of Helsinki. Four years later in Melbourne he captured the bronze medal in the featherweight division (– 57 kg).

Amateur career

Hämäläinen competed on the European team vs. the Chicago Golden Gloves team on 29.03.1951 where he met Joe Castanaeda.

Olympic Results

1952

Defeated Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) 3-0
Defeated Henryk Niedzwiedzki (Poland) 3-0
Defeated Helmuth von Gravenitz (South Africa) 3-0
Defeated Gennadi Garbuzov (Soviet Union) 3-0
Defeated John McNally (Ireland) 2-1

1956

(starting from quarterfinals)

Defeated Ján Zachara (Czechoslovakia) points
Lost to Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) points

References

Olympic boxing champions – men's bantamweight

1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: -116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg

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