Eino Leino

Olympic wrestler (1891–1986)

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Born

7 April 1891, Kuopio

Died

30 November 1986, Tampere

Citizenship

Finland

Sport

amateur wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

174 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Team / club

New York Athletic Club

Eino Aukusti Leino (7 April 1891 – 30 November 1986) was a Finnish freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won a medal each time, including a gold in 1920.

Leino started as a diver and association football goalkeeper before changing to wrestling. In late 1914 he immigrated to the United States, and therefore did not compete at Finnish, European and world championships until 1930s, when he returned to Finland. He won the American AAU Championships in 1920 and 1923 and placed second in Finnish championships in 1936. Leino was a carpenter by profession, and later in 1949–52 also worked as a sports functionary in Finland.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Cross of Merit, in silver, of the Finnish Sports
• Finnish Olympic Medal of Merit

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q780727 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.