Emil Ernst Väre (28 September 1885 – 31 January 1974) was a Finnish

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who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and

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. Väre held the 1911 World title, the 1912 unofficial European title, and the 1909 and 1911 national titles. Between 1912 and 1916, he won all of his wrestling bouts. He retired after the 1920 Olympics to become a wrestling referee and coach. In the 1920s, he acted as president, general secretary, treasurer, and vice-president of his wrestling club Viipurin Voimailijat and was a board member of the Finnish Wrestling Federation.

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* * * 1885 births 1974 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Finnish wrestling coaches 19th-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub