Adolf Lindfors

Adolf Valentin Lindfors (born February 8, 1879 in Porvoo ; † May 6, 1959 there ) was a Finnish wrestler.

Career

He started wrestling with the wrestling club Porvoon Akilles before the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries , but had his greatest success when he was over forty when he became Olympic heavyweight champion in Antwerp in 1920 . As was common in Europe at the time, Adolf Lindfors wrestled in the Greco-Roman style, in which handles are only allowed from the waist up.

Adolf Lindfors was already successful at international championships before 1914. In 1911 he was vice world champion and in 1912 he finished 7th at the Olympic Games in Stockholm . He won the Finnish heavyweight championship four times, the first time in 1905 and the last time in 1913.

The results of the championships in which he participated can be read in the following sections.

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, S = heavyweight, then over 82.5 kg body weight)

• 1911, 2nd place , World Championships in Helsinki , GR, S, with victories over Emil Backenius, Alex Järvinen and Johan Olin, all Finland a . a loss to Yrjö Saarela , Finland,
• 1912, 7th place , OS in Stockholm , GR, S, with a victory over Alrik Sandberg, Sweden a . Defeats against Jakob Neser , Germany a . Søren Marius Jensen , Denmark ;
• 1920, gold medal , OS in Antwerp , GR, S, with victories over Gasiglia, France , Edward Wilkie, Great Britain , Edmond Dame , France a. Poul Hansen , Denmark a. a loss to Anders Ahlgren , Sweden

Finnish championships

• 1905, 1st place, GR, S, before Johannes Nieminen a. Hjalmar Meriluoto,
• 1907, 1st place, GR, S, before J. Leppänen,
• 1908, 2nd place, GR, S, behind Yrjö Saarela u. before Antti Kairame,
• 1909, 2nd place, GR, S, behind Saarela u. before Viktor Saovaara,
• 1910, 1st place, GR, S, in front of Alex Järvinen a. Antti Gavrilik (Kairama),
• 1912, 3rd place, GR, S, behind Salovaara u. Unno Pelander,
• 1913, 1st place, GR, S, before Jussi Salila u. E. Palonen

literature

• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976

Web links

• Results of the Finnish championships in the Greco-Roman style
• Adolf Lindfors in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )