Erkki Pakkanen - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Erkki Pakkanen
- Erkki Olavi Pakkanen (19 April 1930 – 23 April 1973) was an amateur lightweight boxer from Finland who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics. Pakkanen took up boxing in 1947 and won the Finnish junior title in 1949.
- He never held a senior national title, and qualified for the Helsinki Olympics by winning the Olympic trials.
- At the Olympics, he lost in a semifinal to the eventual winner Aureliano Bolognesi.
- Earlier in 1950 he seriously injured his right hand.
- The injury recurred in 1953 forcing Pakkanen to retire from boxing.
- He later ran a taxi company that he founded in 1958.
- Shortly after his 43rd birthday, Pakkanen died of a heart attack at a horse racing track while watching his son Jorma competing.
- In 2008 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.
