Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) Club IFK Hedemora | 1968 Västerås -70 kg | |
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Born 26 July 1935 (age 81) ( 1935-07-26 ) Sippola, Finland | ||
Matti Tapio Poikala (born 26 July 1935) is a retired Swedish wrestler. He competed in the freestyle lightweight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the second bout. He then won a silver medal at the 1968 European and a bronze at the 1969 world championships in Greco-Roman wrestling, and finished fourth in 1969 in the 74 kg freestyle contest.
Poikala was born in Finland and immigrated to Sweden in 1959.
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