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Karri Toivola

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameKarri Tapio•Toivola
Used nameKarri•Toivola
Born18 August 1961
NOC Finland

Biography

Karri Toivola was the son of Lassi Toivola, a well-regarded Finnish wrestling referee, and Karri took an interest in the profession himself, passing the international judging course in 1983. He refereed at every edition of the World Championships from 1989 through 2014, as well as at five editions of the Olympics (1996-2012), and received the Golden Whistle as the world’s best referee in 1995. Administratively, he served on the referee commission of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (since 2014, United World Wrestling (UWW)) from 2007 through 2012, followed by a stint as chairman from 2013 through 2015. In 2018, he was inducted into the UWW’s International Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
2000 Summer Olympics Wrestling FIN Karri Toivola
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Martin Berberyan — Arif Abdullayev Referee
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Mohammad Talaei — Cary Kolat Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 3/4 Mun Ui-Je — Adem Bereket Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Alexander Leipold — Yosmany Romero Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Mogamed Ibragimov — Davyd Bichinashvili Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Vadym Tasoiev — Melvin Douglas Judge
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Sim Gwon-Ho — Lázaro Rivas Judge
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea — Steven Mays Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Sheng Zetian — Jim Gruenwald Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Ali Ashkani — Koba Guliashvili Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Ryszard Wolny — Rustam Adzhy Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Matt Lindland — Davyd Manukian Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Murat Kardanov — Tamás Berzicza Judge
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Hamza Yerlikaya — Sándor István Bárdosi Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Hamza Yerlikaya — Mukhran Vakhtangadze Referee
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Kostas Thanos — Urs Bürgler Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #4 David Vála — Marek Sitnik Referee
2004 Summer Olympics Wrestling FIN Karri Toivola
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Chikara Tanabe — Kim Hyo-Seop Referee
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Li Zhengyu — Shaun Williams Referee
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Mavlet Batyrov — Dilshod Mansurov Judge
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Amiran Kardanov — O Song-Nam Judge
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Kenji Inoue — Jeong Yeong-Ho Judge
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Jamill Kelly — Ruslan Bodișteanu Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 3/4 Iván Fundora — Krystian Brzozowski Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Taras Danko — Mamed Aghaev Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov — Aliaksandr Shamarau Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Fatih Çakıroğlu — Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 István Majoros — Oleksiy Vakulenko Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Oleksiy Vakulenko — Irakli Chochua Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Dennis Hall — Petr Švehla Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Artyom Kiouregkian — Sheng Jiang Judge
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Makoto Sasamoto — Davor Štefanek Judge
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Şeref Tüfenk — Ali Ashkani Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Kanat Begaliyev — Moisés Sánchez Judge
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Aleksandr Dokturishvili — Varteres Samurgashev Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Danil Khalimov — Yasha Manasherov Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Aleksey Mishin — Mélonin Noumonvi Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Mijaín López — Yuriy Yevseychyk Judge
Flyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Patricia Miranda — Li Hui Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match 1/2 Kaori Icho — Sara McMann Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Kyoko Hamaguchi — Stanka Zlateva Referee
2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling FIN Karri Toivola
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Henry Cejudo — Namiq Sevdiyev Mat Chairman
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Namiq Sevdiyev — Yang Kyong-Il Mat Chairman
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Radoslav Velikov — Besarion Gochashvili Mat Chairman
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Bazar Bazarguruyev — Vasyl Fedoryshyn Mat Chairman
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Mike Zadick — Vasyl Fedoryshyn Mat Chairman
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Ramazan Şahin — Otar Tushishvili Mat Chairman
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Ramazan Şahin — Mehdi Taghavi Mat Chairman
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #12 Andriy Stadnik — Doug Schwab Mat Chairman
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Otar Tushishvili — Geandry Garzón Mat Chairman
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Kiril Terziev — Iván Fundora Mat Chairman
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Gheorghiță Ștefan — Emzarios Betinidis Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Revaz Mindorashvili — Harutyun Yenokyan Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Serhat Balcı — Travis Cross Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Harutyun Yenokyan — Adnan Rhimi Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Georgy Ketoyev — Zaurbek Sokhiyev Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #15 Georgy Ketoyev — Wang Ying Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Georgy Ketoyev — Davyd Bichinashvili Mat Chairman
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Davyd Bichinashvili — Harutyun Yenokyan Mat Chairman
Flyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Iryna Merleni-Mykulchyn — Li Xiaomei Mat Chairman
Middleweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #1 Elina Vaseva — Maria Dunn Mat Chairman
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #1 Kyoko Hamaguchi — Rosângela Conceição Mat Chairman
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Kyoko Hamaguchi — Yelena Perepelkina Mat Chairman
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Maider Unda — Ohenewa Akuffo Mat Chairman
2012 Summer Olympics Wrestling FIN Karri Toivola
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Mingiyan Semyonov — Choi Gyu-Jin Referee
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Ryutaro Matsumoto — Almat Kebispayev Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Saeid Abdevali — Atakan Yüksel Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Steeve Guénot — Pedro Muléns Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Aliaksandr Kikiniou — Askhat Dilmukhamedov Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Zurabi Datunashvili — Ben Provisor Judge
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Damian Janikowski — Mélonin Noumonvi Referee
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Ghasem Rezaei — Rustam Totrov Referee
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Ghasem Rezaei — Artur Aleksanyan Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Heiki Nabi — Johan Eurén Judge
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Rıza Kayaalp — Dremiel Byers Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Heiki Nabi — Iosif Chuhashvili Judge
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #15 Yury Patrikeyev — Khasan Baroyev Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Iosif Chuhashvili — Łukasz Banak Referee
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu — Sushil Kumar Referee
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu — Liván López Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Jordan Burroughs — Sadegh Goudarzi Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Sadegh Goudarzi — Gábor Hatos Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #16 Davit Khutsishvili — Pürevjavyn Önörbat Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Giorgi Gogshelidze — Nicolai Ceban Judge
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Artur Taymazov — Davit Modzmanashvili Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Tervel Dlagnev — Aliaksei Shamarau Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Daulet Shabanbay — Davit Modzmanashvili Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Komeil Ghasemi — Arjan Bhullar Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #15 Taha Akgül — Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi Referee
Flyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #8 Iwona Matkowska — Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg Referee
Lightweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Tonya Verbeek — Tetiana Lazareva Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #2 Jing Ruixue — Lyubov Volosova Judge
Middleweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #1 Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg — Martine Dugrenier Referee

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