Tapio Sipilä

Tapio Sipilä

Personal information
Born	November 26, 1958
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Representing Finland Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Lightweight 1988 Seoul Lightweight World Championships 1983 Kiev Lightweight 1981 Oslo Lightweight 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

• sports-reference

External links

• Tapio Sipilä at the International Wrestling Database
• Tapio Sipilä at Olympedia