Kaarle Leivonen
| Kaarle Leivonen | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kaarle Herman Leivonen |
| Born | 17 September 1886 Jalasjärvi, Finland |
| Died | 23 September 1938 (aged 52) Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union |
Kaarle Herman "Kalle" Leivonen (17 September 1886 – 23 September 1938) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the featherweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Later life
Leivonen moved from Pietarsaari, Grand Duchy of Finland, to the United States in 1914. The Great Depression triggered a migration among Finnish Americans to the Soviet Union in the early 1930s, and in 1932, Leivonen followed thousands of other Finnish-American workers. He moved to Kondopoga in Soviet Karelia, where he worked as a painter.[3] In 1938, during the Great Purge, Leivonen was arrested. He was sentenced to death on 21 September 1938, and two days later he was executed near Petrozavodsk. Leivonen was rehabilitated in 1989.[4]
References
- ^ "Kaarle Leivonen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Kaarle Leivonen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Mysteerin synkkä ratkaisu" [The dark resolution of the mystery]. Urheilulehti (in Finnish). 26 August 2020. pp. 30–31.
- ^ Lahti-Argutina, Eila [in Finnish] (2001). Olimme joukko vieras vaan: Venäjänsuomalaiset vainonuhrit Neuvostoliitossa 1930-luvun alusta 1950-luvun alkuun [We were just a group of strangers: Victims of persecution among the Russian Finns in the Soviet Union from the early 1930s to the early 1950s] (in Finnish). Migration Institute of Finland. p. 295. ISBN 951-92667-2-0.