Tapio Sipilä
Personal information
BornNovember 26, 1958
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Lightweight
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Kiev Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1981 Oslo Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1986 Budapest Lightweight

Tapio Olavi Sipilä (born November 26, 1958, in Kiiminki, Oulu), nicknamed Tapsa, is a former wrestler from Finland, who claimed the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight Division ( 68 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the bronze medal four years later in the same weight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Results

  • 1980 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (3rd)
  • 1981 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (3rd)
  • 1981 World Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (2nd)
  • 1983 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (3rd)
  • 1983 World Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (1st)
  • 1986 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (6th)
  • 1986 World Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (2nd)
  • 1987 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (3rd)
  • 1988 European Championship 68.0 kg Greco-Roman (4th)

References


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