Anselm Ahlfors (29 December 1897 – 13 August 1974) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist 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 ...

Olympics

Ahlfors competed at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

in Paris where he won a silver medal in

, the bantamweight class."1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)

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1897 births 1974 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kotka 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub