Finland · Men's 90 kg, October 1968
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
Kaarlo Kangasniemi (born 4 February 1941) is a weightlifter from Finland, with one Olympic gold medal. On record here: the medal at the 1968 Olympic Games. Other competitions before 1998 are not listed.
- Olympic gold
- 1
Kaarlo Kangasniemi at the Olympic Games
Latest medal on record: 1968 Olympic Games, 13 October 1968, 90 kg, place 1.
Kaarlo Kangasniemi by the numbers
How old Kaarlo Kangasniemi is today, and how tall.
- Age now
- 85
- Height
- 174 cm
- 5 ft 9 in.
Kaarlo Kangasniemi's Olympic medals
Medals at the Olympic Games, newest first, with the class and the place. The total is shown from 1976 on. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the Games of 1920 and 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown. Results from other competitions before 1998 are not on record here.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Olympic Games 13 Oct 1968 | 1 | not shown | 90 kg | - | No total shown (more than two lifts) | |||||
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