# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taisto-kangasniemi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:50:52.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taisto-kangasniemi"
name: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
slug: "taisto-kangasniemi"
description: "Taisto Ilmari Kangasniemi was a Finnish heavyweight wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman and freestyle events at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, and won a freestyle bronze medal in 1956; he placed sixth in the freestyle in 1952 and fourth-sixth in Greco-Roman contests in 1952 and 1956. His best result at the world championships was fourth place in 1953 in Greco-Roman wrestling. Domestically he won eight Greco-Roman and two freestyle titles (1953–54)."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler (1924-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taisto_Kangasniemi_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1924-04-02"
deathDate: "1997-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             9.473684210526315
  historical:           10.003636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "泰斯托·康阿斯涅米"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تایستو کانگاسنیمی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Кангасниеми, Тайсто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Kangasniemi"
    title: "Taisto Kangasniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2388870"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump