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Kyösti Lehtonen

Lehtonen at the 1956 Olympics
Personal information
Born	13 March 1931 Jämsä, Finland
Died	15 November 1987 (aged 56) Helsinki, Finland
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	67–74 kg (148–163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Jämsänkosken Kiri Jämsänkosken Voimailijat
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 67 kg World Championships 1953 Naples 67 kg 1955 Karlsruhe 67 kg World Cup 1956 Istanbul 67 kg

Kyösti Eemil "Köpi" Lehtonen (13 March 1931 – 15 November 1987) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1956, placing fifth in 1960. Previously he won two silver medals at the world championships in 1953 and 1955. Domestically he won nine Finnish titles in 1952–57 and 1960–62. Lehtonen retired after the 1964 Olympics and coached the Norwegian (1964), Danish (1964) and Finnish national teams (1971–74). Later he was elected as a board member of the Finnish Wrestling Federation.

References

1. ^ Kyösti Lehtonen. Sports Reference.com
2. Lehtonen, Kyoesti Emil (FIN). iat.uni-leipzig.de

External links

• Kyösti Lehtonen at the International Wrestling Database
• Kyösti Lehtonen at Olympics.com
• Kyösti Lehtonen at Olympedia

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight
1908:  Enrico Porro (ITA) 1912:  Emil Väre (FIN) 1920:  Emil Väre (FIN) 1924:  Oskari Friman (FIN) 1928:  Lajos Keresztes (HUN) 1932:  Erik Malmberg (SWE) 1936:  Lauri Koskela (FIN) 1948:  Gustav Freij (SWE) 1952:  Shazam Safin (URS) 1956:  Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN) 1960:  Avtandil Koridze (URS) 1964:  Kazım Ayvaz (TUR) 1968:  Muneji Munemura (JPN) 1972:  Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 1976:  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 1980:  Ștefan Rusu (ROM) 1984:  Vlado Lisjak (YUG) 1988:  Levon Julfalakyan (URS) 1992:  Attila Repka (HUN) 1996:  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 2000:  Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) 2004:  Farid Mansurov (AZE) 2008:  Steeve Guénot (FRA) 2012:  Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR) 2016:  Davor Štefanek (SRB) 2020:  Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) 2024:  Saeid Esmaeili (IRI)
1908: 66.5 kg 1912–1928: 67.5 kg 1932–1936: 66 kg 1948–1960: 67 kg 1964–1968: 70 kg 1972–1996: 68 kg 2000: 69 kg 2004–2016: 66 kg 2020–present: 67 kg

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