Axel Cadier
Axel Vilhelm Teodor Cadier (born September 13, 1906 in Varberg , † October 29, 1974 in Gothenburg ) was a Swedish wrestler .
Career
Axel Cadier comes from Borås . There he began as a youth with the athletes' club (AK) with the wrestling . He was a late starter and had only reached the top Swedish class when he was 25. From 1932 he was one of the best middle and light heavyweight wrestlers in the world on the international wrestling mat. Axel Cadier impressed above all with his elegant ring style and his technical ability. He ousted the unbeatable Swedish "wrestler king" Ivar Johansson from the Swedish Olympic middleweight team, who then had to train six kilograms in the welterweight division.
At the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 , he was therefore a high favorite in the middleweight division, but as an international "newcomer" was defeated by the experienced Finnish Olympic champion of 1928 Väinö Kokkinen and, surprisingly, also by Jean Földeák from Hamburg and had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.
At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1933 , World Championships were not held at that time, but he showed his skills and became European champion in a superior style with a final victory over Foeldeák.
From 1934 Axel Cadier started in the light heavyweight division, but could not prevail in this weight class at the European Championships in Rome . He was defeated by Erich Siebert from Mainz and Edvīns Bietags from Latvia and ended up in 4th place. In 1935 he had established himself in the light heavyweight division and was also in Copenhagen in this weight class European champion in the Greco-Roman style with five superior victories. Only Onni Pellinen from Finland refused to let him shoulder her. In the same year he won the silver medal in Brussels in free style . In the final he was defeated by the Hungarian Edvard Virag .
At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 he was well prepared by the Finnish national coach of the Swedish team Robert Oksa , sovereign Olympic champion . He scored six wins and this time beat Edvīns bid tag clearly on points in the final battle .
At the European Championships in Munich in 1937 , he also won his first European Championship title in free style. Paul Böhmer from Bad Reichenhall was his final opponent, whom he defeated unanimously on points. He finally won his last European title in Tallinn in 1938 in Greco-Roman style, with the Italian Umberto Silvestri, Werner Seelenbinder from Berlin and the Estonian Nikolai Karklin proving to be his fiercest opponents.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, then up to 79 kg or 87 kg body weight)
- 1932, 1st place , intern. Tournament in Stockholm , GR, Wed, in front of Ivar Johansson u. Knut Fridell , bde. Sweden ;
- 1932, bronze medal , OS in Los Angeles , GR, Wed, after bye defeats to Jean Földeák , Germany and Väinö Kokkinen , Finland ;
- 1933, 1st place , EM in Helsinki , GR, Wed, with victories over Edvard Westerlund , Finland and Jean Földeák;
- 1934, 4th place , EM in Rome , GR, Hs, with victories over Eduard Dekkers , Netherlands and W. Ksiażkiewicz, Poland and defeats against Erich Siebert , Germany and Edvīns Bietags , Latvia ;
- 1935, 1st place , EM in Copenhagen , GR, Hs, with victories over Teodor Krszymalski, Poland, Ede Virágh-Ebner , Hungary , Paul Böhmer , Germany, August Neo , Estonia and Onni Pellinen , Finland;
- 1935, 2nd place , EM in Brussels , F, Hs, with victories over Julien Cammeart, Belgium , Drzymala, Poland and August Neo and one defeat against Ede Virágh-Ebner;
- 1936, gold medal , OS in Berlin , GR, Hs, with victories over Edvard Westerlund, Finland, Umberto Silvestri , Italy, Olaf Knutsen , Norway , Werner Seelenbinder , Germany, August Neo and Edvīns bidding tags;
- 1937, 1st place , EM in Munich , F, Hs, with victories over Umberto Silvestri, Italy, József Palotás , Hungary and Paul Böhmer;
- 1938, 1st place , EM in Tallinn , GR, Hs, with victories over Tomas Gwóźdź , Poland, Elmer Härmä , Finland, Nikolai Karklin , Estonia and Umberto Silvestri
In 1940 Axel Cadier transferred to professional wrestling in the USA . He was also one of the top performers there for over 20 years, where he also "catches" in Europe, especially in France and England . From 1960 he also made a name for himself as a coach in North American "wrestling".
swell
- various issues of the specialist journals Athletik from 1931 to 1936 and Kraftsport from 1937 to 1939,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
Web links
- Profile of Axel Cadier at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Axel Cadier in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cadier, Axel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cadier, Axel Vilhelm Teodor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Varberg |
DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1974 |
Place of death | Gothenburg |