Erkki Mallenius
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Erkki Mallenius was an Olympic bronze medal winning boxer
from Finland
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, due to an injured hand.
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...
from Finland
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...
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Amateur career
Mallenius was the 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) class. Mallenius had to withdraw from his semi-final match with eventual silver medalist Viktor MednovViktor Mednov
Viktor Ivanovich Mednov was an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Mednov trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Moscow. He was the Light Welterweight Olympic Silver Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympiad...
, due to an injured hand.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Stanley Majid (Burma) TKO 3
- Defeated Jean-Louis Paternotte (Belgium) 2-1
- Lost to Viktor MednovViktor MednovViktor Ivanovich Mednov was an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Mednov trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Moscow. He was the Light Welterweight Olympic Silver Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympiad...
(Soviet Union) walk-over