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Anders Oscar Ahlgren (born February 12, 1888 in Malmö , † December 27, 1976 there ) was a Swedish wrestler .

Career

Anders Ahlgren was an outstanding Swedish wrestler from the early days of modern wrestling just before and just after the First World War . He was a member of GAK Enigheit Malmö , where he started wrestling in 1907. As was customary at the time, he only wrestled in the Greco-Roman style, where grips were only allowed from the waist up. At the beginning of his career he wrestled in light heavyweight, later in heavyweight. In 1909 he was the first Swedish light heavyweight champion.

From 1909 he started with great success in international championships. Many of these championships in which he took part were of an unofficial nature because the modes of execution and the weight class division often changed.

The first international championship in which he took part was the European championship in Malmö in 1909. He started in the light heavyweight division (up to 82.5 kg body weight) and took 4th place. A year later he won his first medal at the European Championships in Budapest in the light heavyweight division (up to 85 kg body weight) with 2nd place. In the final battle he was defeated by the Dutchman J. van Westerop.

In 1911 he was runner-up in Helsinki in the light heavyweight division (up to 83 kg body weight). He had to fight against 13 opponents and drew against the eventual winner Alfred Asikainen from Finland . In 1911 he competed in another world championship in Berlin . He wrestled for the first time in the heavyweight division and took 3rd place, defeating the well-known Dane Søren Marinus Jensen , but defeated in the final battle against Alex Järvinen from Finland. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he wrestled in the light heavyweight division. He fought his way through to the finals against the Finn Ivar Böhling . According to today's opinion, this fight was stopped after hours with no result and both wrestlers were placed in 2nd place, with which Anders Ahlgren would have won the silver medal. In the book “The Olympic Games 1912” (Carl Diem, Berlin 1912 edition, Reprint Kasseler Sportverlag, 1990), Anders Ahlgren is named as the first winner and Ivar Böhling as the second winner - a contradiction that still needs to be clarified.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1913 , Anders finally managed to win a title. He was European champion ahead of Tibor Fischer from Hungary . In the same year he was also world heavyweight champion in Breslau in front of the strong German wrestlers Jakob Neser from Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Karl Hertel from Hof (Saale) .

The First World War interrupted Anders Ahlgren's international career. In 1920, however, he took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp for the second time , but missed the medal ranks with a 5th place. The decisive factor was a surprising defeat against the American Edward Wilkie.

The 34-year-old ended his career with 2nd place at the 1922 World Championships in Stockholm . In the final he lost to his compatriot Ernst Nilsson.

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight)

  • 1909, 4th place , EM in Malmö , GR, Hs (82.5 kg), behind Harald Christensen , Denmark , Antti Savolainen, Finland and Lorens Rosman, Sweden and ahead of Alfred Back, Sweden and Henry Nielsen, Denmark;
  • 1910, 2nd place , EM in Budapest , GR, Hs (85 kg), behind J. van Westerop, Netherlands and in front of Harald Christensen, Gyapay, Hungary and Jozséf Elöd, Hungary;
  • 1911, 2nd place , World Championships in Helsinki , GR, Hs (83 kg), behind Alfred Asikainen , Finland and in front of Arvo Lumme, Finland, Oscar Wiklund, Finland and Hjalmar Grip, Finland;
  • 1911, 2nd place , World Championships in Berlin , GR, S (+ 85 kg), behind Alex Järvinen, Finland and Al. Lehmann, Germany and before Søren Marinus Jensen , Denmark and Rudolf Grüneisen, Switzerland;
  • 1912, silver medal , OS in Stockholm , GR, Hs (82.5 kg), together with Ivar Böhling , Finland and before Béla Varga , Hungary, Fritz Lange, Germany , August Rajala, Finland and Harald Christensen;
  • 1913, 1st place , EM in Budapest, GR, S (+ 82.5 kg), ahead of Tibor Fischer, Hungary, Emil Wastl, Austria, Jozsef Elöd and Søren Marinus Jensen;
  • 1913, 1st place , World Championships in Breslau , GR, S (+ 82.5 kg) in front of Jakob Neser , Germany, Karl Hertel, Germany and Gustaf Lindstöm, Sweden
  • 1920, 5th place , OS in Antwerp , GR, S (+ 82.5 kg) behind Adolf Lindfors , Finland, Poul Hansen , Denmark, Martti Nieminen, Finland and Edward Wilkie, USA;
  • 1922, 2nd place , World Championships in Stockholm , GR, S (+ 82.5 kg), behind Ernst Nilsson , Sweden and in front of Toivo Pohjola, Finland, Poul Hansen and Emil Larsen , Denmark

Swedish championships

Anders Ahlgren was in 1909 in the light heavyweight and in 1911 and 1918 in the heavyweight Swedish champion.

swell

  • DOCUMENTATION of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
  • Carl Diem: The Olympic Games 1912 . Edition Berlin 1912, reprint Kasseler Sportverlag, 1990
  • 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation , Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1972
  • www.las.nu Results of the Swedish championships
  • www.enighet.se

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ahlgren, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahlgren, Anders Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Malmo
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1976
Place of death Malmo