Kalervo Juhani Rauhala ( Fin. Kalervo Juhani Rauhala ; October 19, 1930 , Ylistaro , Vaz province - September 21, 2016 , Seinäjoki , Southern Ostrobothnia ) - Finnish wrestler, silver medalist of the Helsinki Summer Olympics (1952).
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| Full name | Calervo Juhani Rauhala |
| Nicknames | Kassu |
| A country |  Finland |
| Club | Ylistaron Kilpa-Veljet, Seinajoki, Finland |
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| Place of Birth | Yulistaro , Vasa Province , Finland |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Seinajoki , Finland |
| Growth | 174 cm |
| Weight | 80-90 kg |
Sports career
He began training at the youth wrestling club Ylistaron Kilpa-Veljet.
Four times became the champion of Finland in Greco-Roman (1951, 1952, 1955 and 1957), and four times in freestyle wrestling (1953, 1954, 1955 and 1958). In 1952, at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, he won a silver medal in the weight category up to 79 kg according to the rules of Greco-Roman wrestling. In particular, he defeated the Soviet wrestler Nikolai Belov .
In 1953 he became the bronze medalist of the World Cup in Naples, during the tournament he defeated the future Olympic champion Branislav Simic of their Yugoslavia. After the failure in the world championship to the West German Karsruhe (1955) he stopped performing in the international arena, but in Finland he continued to fight until 1960.
His sons Pekka and Yucca also became international fighters. Yucca won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics (1984) lightweight.
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Links
- Calervo Rauhala - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Calervo Rauhala - Profile at International Wrestling Database