Edvard Westerlund
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Born | (1901-02-01)1 February 1901 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 December 1982(1982-12-07) (aged 81) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68–87 kg (150–192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Helsingin Atleettiklubi, Helsinki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edvard Vilhelm "Eetu" Westerlund (1 February 1901 – 7 December 1982) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1924 and a bronze in 1928. He collected the same pair of medals at the world championships in 1921–22.[2] Domestically Westerlund competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling and won three titles: in 1927 in Greco-Roman lightweight, in 1929 in freestyle lightweight and in 1936 in Greco-Roman light-heavyweight. His brothers Kalle and Emil were also Olympic wrestlers.[3]
References
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- 1908: Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE)
- 1912: Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1920: Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1924: Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
- 1928: Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1932: Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1936: Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1948: Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1952: Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1956: Givi Kartozia (URS)
- 1960: Dimitar Dobrev (BUL)
- 1964: Branislav Simić (YUG)
- 1968: Lothar Metz (GDR)
- 1972: Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
- 1976: Momir Petković (YUG)
- 1980: Gennady Korban (URS)
- 1984: Ion Draica (ROM)
- 1988: Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS)
- 1992: Péter Farkas (HUN)
- 1996: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2000: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2004: Aleksey Mishin (RUS)
- 2008: Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
- 2012: Alan Khugaev (RUS)
- 2016: Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)
- 2020: Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
- 2024: Semen Novikov (BUL)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1912–1928: 75 kg
- 1932–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016: 85 kg
- 2020–present: 87 kg
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