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Full name | Arvi Martin Savolainen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lahti, Finland | 24 October 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 97 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arvi Martin Savolainen (born 24 October 1998) is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Savolainen won a bronze medal at the 2015 Cadet Wrestling World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] In 2019, Savolainen won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.[3] In 2020, he lost his bronze medal match against Jello Krahmer of Germany in the 130 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[4]
In January 2021, Savolainen won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.[5] In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7] In April 2021, he competed in the 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[8][9]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Savolainen lost his bronze medal match against Mohammad Hadi Saravi of Iran in the 97 kg event.[10] At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, he won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event.[11][12]
In 2022, Savolainen won the silver medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] He won the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[14][15] A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[16]
Savolainen competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[17] A month later, he earned a quota place for Finland for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |