Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist
wrestler
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.
Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49, won a
silver medal in lightweight
Greco Roman wrestling
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at the
1932 Olympics and a gold medal in lightweight at the
1932 Maccabiah Games in
Mandatory Palestine
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, won a gold medal at the
1934 European Wrestling Championships in Greco-Roman and a bronze medal in freestyle, and won a silver medal at the
1935 European Wrestling Championships.
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olympics.com.
Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the
1936 Olympics 1936 Olympics may refer to:
*The 1936 Winter Olympics, which were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
*The 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin, Germany
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