Erkki Pakkanen
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19 April 1930 Elimäki, Finland | ||||||||||
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23 April 1973 (aged 43) Kouvola, Finland | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Erkki Olavi Pakkanen (19 April 1930 – 23 April 1973) was an amateur lighweight boxer from Finland who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics.
Pakkanen took up boxing in 1947 and won the Finnish junior title in 1949. He never held a senior national title, and qualified for the Helsinki Olympics by winning the Olympic trials. At the Olympics, he lost in a semifinal to the eventual winner Aureliano Bolognesi. Earlier in 1950 he seriously injured his right hand. The injury recurred in 1953 forcing Pakkanen to retire from boxing.[1] He later ran a taxi company that he founded in 1958. He died of a heart attack at a horse racing track while watching his son Jorma competing. In 2008 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.[2]
1952 Olympic results
Below are the results of Erkki Pakkenen, a Finnish lightweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated Petros Nazarbegian (Iran) by decision, 3-0
- Quarterfinal: defeated Vicente Matute (Venezuela) by decision, 3-0
- Semifinal: lost to Aureliano Bolognesi (Italy) by decision, 0-3 (was awarded bronze medal)
References
- ↑ Siukonen, Markku (2001) Urheilukunniamme puolustajat – Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000, p. 238. Graface Jyväskylä. ISBN 951-98673-1-7
- ↑ Erkki Pakkanen. sports-reference.com