Axel Cadier

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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)

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

personal data
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