Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen (19 December 1929 in Kotka

Kotka

Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

 – 11 December 1984 in Kotka

Kotka

Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

) was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 bantamweight

Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 professional

Professional

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 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, who won gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 in Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli.-Medal table:- Flyweight :- Bantamweight :- Featherweight :- Lightweight :...

 in his home country of Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

. Four years later in Melbourne he captured the bronze medal in the featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 division (– 57 kg).

Amateur career

Hämäläinen competed on the European team vs. the Chicago Golden Gloves

Chicago Golden Gloves

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 team on 29.03.1951 where he met Joe Castanaeda.

Olympic Results

1952

• Defeated Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) 3-0
• Defeated Henryk Niedzwiedzki
  Henryk Niedzwiedzki
  Henryk Władysław Niedźwiedzki is a boxer from Poland.He competed for Poland in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the featherweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
  
   (Poland) 3-0
• Defeated Helmuth von Gravenitz (South Africa) 3-0
• Defeated Gennadi Garbuzov (Soviet Union) 3-0
• Defeated John McNally
  John McNally
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   (Ireland) 2-1

1956

(starting from quarterfinals)

• Defeated Ján Zachara
  Ján Zachara
  Ján Zachara is a former Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki....
  
   (Czechoslovakia) points
• Lost to Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) points