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1921 World Wrestling Championships
The 1921 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... Medal table Medal summary Men's Greco-Roman ReferencesFILA Database{{WC FILA World Wrestling Championships W W International sports competitions in Helsinki International wrestling competitions hosted by Finland November 1921 sports events 1920s in Helsinki ...
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Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ...
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Edvard Westerlund
Edvard Vilhelm "Eetu" Westerlund (1 February 1901 – 7 December 1982) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. 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. 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 Kalle is a masculine given name of North Germanic origin, a variation of Karl. In Sweden, people named Karl are commonly nicknamed Kalle. The name is also found in Finland and Estonia Notable people with the name include: Given name * Kalle An ... and Emil were also Olympic wrestlers. References 1901 births 1982 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summ ...
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International Wrestling Competitions Hosted By Finland
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International Sports Competitions In Helsinki
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1921 In Finnish Sport
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1921 In Sport Wrestling
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
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Emil Larsen (wrestler)
Emil Larsen (6 April 1888 – 26 June 1942) was a Danish wrestler. He competed at the 1920, 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1921 World Wrestling Championships The 1921 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Swede .... References External links * 1888 births 1942 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Denmark Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Danish male sport wrestlers Sport wrestlers from Copenhagen {{Denmark-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Martti Nieminen
Martin "Martti" Aleksander Nieminen (3 November 1891 – 29 March 1941) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Salo and died in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U .... In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight competition after winning the final of the bronze medal round against Alexander Weyand. References External links * 1891 births 1941 deaths Sportspeople from Salo, Finland Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-Olympic-medalist-stub ...
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Johan Salila
Johan Salila (28 July 1884 – 12 August 1932) was a Finnish wrestler. He was born in Hollola. He competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 1921 World Wrestling Championships. References External links * 1884 births 1932 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Sportspeople from the Grand Duchy of Finland Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Jan Muijs
Jan Muijs (21 February 1898 – 15 May 1968) was a Dutch wrestler. Muijs competed in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ... at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1921 World Wrestling Championships. References 1898 births 1968 deaths Dutch male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Netherlands Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Beverwijk {{Netherlands-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Rudolf Svensson
Johan Rudolf "Starke Rudolf" Svensson (27 March 1899 – 4 December 1978) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ... in four freestyle and Greco-Roman events in total, and won a gold or silver medal in each of them. Svensson was most successful in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight category, in which he won two European titles in 1925 and 1933, seven national titles in 1926–36, two silver medals at the world championships, and three at the European Championships. A firefighter by profession, Svensson also played minor roles in several Swedish movies between 1934 and 1952. In 2005 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Edil Rosenqvist
Edil Albert Rosenqvist (11 December 1892 – 14 September 1973) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. Olympics Rosenqvist competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the ''light heavyweight'' class."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling"
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