Tuomo Karila

Tuomo Karila
Personal information
Full name Tuomo Arto Mikael Karila
Nickname(s) Tuoppi
Nationality  Finland
Born (1968-04-07) April 7, 1968
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Greco-Roman

Tuomo Arto Mikael Karila (born April 7, 1968) is a Finnish former Olympic wrestler.[1]

He was born in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.[1] His nickname is Tuoppi.[1]

Wrestling career

His sports club was Vantaan Sampo, in Vantaa, in Finland.[1]

In 1986, he won the Minnesota high school Class A 155-pound wrestling title as an 18-year-old exchange student at Canby High School, after a 29-3-1 season wrestling in three different weight classes.[2]

He won silver medals at the 1990 and 1991 European Championships at 74.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]

Karila competed for Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 24, in Wrestling--Men's Welterweight (74 kg), Greco-Roman.[1]

He won a silver medal at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships at 82.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]

Karila competed for Finland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta at the age of 28, in Wrestling--Men's Middleweight (82 kg), Greco-Roman, and came in 11th.[1]

References

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