Petra Olli

Petra Maarit Olli (born 5 June 1994)^[3] is a retired Finnish freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the Women's freestyle 58 kg-event. In March 2016 Olli won her first European Championship gold medal at the Senior-level in Riga, Latvia, defeating Oksana Herhel of Ukraine.

Petra Olli

Petra Olli in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Petra Maarit Olli
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30) Lappajärvi, Finland
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Lappajärven Veikot[1]
Coached by	Ahto Raska[2] Pertti Olli Maksim Molonov[2]
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Finland World Championships 2018 Budapest 65 kg 2015 Las Vegas 58 kg European Championships 2016 Riga 60 kg 2018 Kaspiysk 65 kg 2014 Vantaa 58 kg 2019 Bucharest 65 kg Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore 46 kg

She was the first Finnish woman to win a World gold, defeating Danielle Lappage of Canada in the finals of the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[4]

Olli missed the 2019 World Wrestling Championships due to health problems.^[5] She retired from wrestling in 2020.^[6]

References

1. Heikki Uusitalo (October 24, 2018). "Petra Olli voitti painin MM-kultaa dramaattisten vaiheiden jälkeen, vastustaja tuuletteli jo voittoa – "Se oli niin kova ottelu"" (in Finnish). Kaleva.
2. Tuomas Hämäläinen (December 13, 2018). "Maailmanmestari Petra Olli: Pohjalaisten kohtalona on olla painija tai pesäpalloilija – "Alkaa p:llä ja loppuu a:han"" (in Finnish). MTV3.
3. "Olli Petra Maarit". painiliitto.fi (in Finnish).
4. Matti Lehtisaari (September 11, 2015). "Petra Olli paini MM-hopealle!". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish).
5. Carl-Magnus Långkvist (September 5, 2019). "Hälsoproblem ställer till det för Petra Olli – kan inte försvara sitt VM-guld". Svenska Yle (in Swedish).
6. Pitkänen, Henri (February 25, 2020). "Painija Petra Olli lopettaa uransa vain 25-vuotiaana: "Tämä on urani vaikein ja raskain päätös"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish).

External links

• Petra Olli at the International Wrestling Database
• Petra Olli at Olympics.com
• Petra Olli at Olympedia