Carl Westergren
Carl Westergreen medal table |
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Carl Westergren |
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Sweden | ||
Olympic games | ||
gold | 1920 Antwerp | medium |
gold | 1924 Paris | Semi-difficult |
gold | 1932 Los Angeles | Heavy |
World Championship | ||
gold | 1922 Stockholm | medium |
European Championship | ||
gold | 1925 Milan | Semi-difficult |
gold | 1930 Stockholm | Semi-difficult |
gold | 1931 Prague | Heavy |
bronze | 1933 Helsinki | Heavy |
Carl Oscar Westergren (born October 13, 1895 in Malmö ; † August 5, 1958 there ) was a Swedish wrestler .
Life
Carl Westergren began wrestling at the IK Sparta Malmö sports club in 1911 at the age of 16 and soon reached the national top. As a result of the First World War , however, he had to wait until 1920 for his first international success, which was then an Olympic victory. From then on, success followed success. With one exception, at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , he wrestled invariably in the Greco-Roman style. His specialties were the rush from the front, as the inventor of which he is considered, and the lateral spin. He began his career as a middleweight and grew over the years into the light and heavyweight division. He was of a stocky build, but very agile and mastered all tactical refinements. Carl Westergren was first a bus driver and then a rental car company. After completing his career, he enjoyed trotting and appeared as an artist in theaters. In September 2003 he was one of the first to be inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .
International success
year | space | competition | style | Weight class | Results |
1919 | 1. | Nordic Championship in Copenhagen | GR | medium | |
1920 | 1. | Nordic championship in Stockholm | GR | medium | |
1920 | gold | OS in Antwerp | GR | medium | with victories over Matti Perttilä , Finland , Arthur Lindfors , Finland, Maurice Van der Leenden , Belgium , Johannes Eillebrecht , Netherlands and Michel Dechmann , Luxembourg |
1922 | 1. | World Cup in Stockholm | GR | medium | with victories over Charles Frisenfeldt , Denmark , Einar Petersen , Denmark, Harald Christensen , Denmark, Endrédy, Hungary and Oskar Friman , Finland |
1923 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Malmö | GR | Semi-difficult | in front of Dr. Bela Varga, Hungary and H. Nilsson, Sweden |
1923 | 1. | Nordic Championship in Oslo | GR | Semi-difficult | |
1923 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Malmö | GR | Semi-difficult | before Rudolf Svensson and Malmberg, both Swedes |
1923 | 2. | Intern. Tournament in Stockholm | GR | Semi-difficult | behind Robert Oksa, Finland, in front of Forsberg, Sweden |
1924 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Berlin | GR | Heavy | in front of Grüneisen, Germany and Hansen, Denmark |
1924 | gold | OS in Paris | GR | Semi-difficult | with victories over Berksoy, Turkey , František Tázler , Czechoslovakia , Béla Varga , Hungary , Emil Wecksten , Finland, Ibrahim Mustafa , Egypt and Rudolf Svensson , Sweden |
1924 | 4th | OS in Paris | F. | Semi-difficult | with wins against Frederico Del Genovese, Italy , Emil Wecksten and losses against John Spellman , USA and Rudolf Svensson |
1925 | 1. | EM in Milan | GR | Semi-difficult | with victories over László Papp , Hungary, Renato Campagnoli, Italy and Robert Rupp , Germany |
1925 | 1. | Nordic Championship in Copenhagen | GR | Semi-difficult | off Onni Pellinen, Finland |
1928 | unpl. | OS in Amsterdam | GR | Semi-difficult | Retired after losing shoulders to Onni Pellinen , Finland |
1930 | 1. | EM in Stockholm | GR | Semi-difficult | after victories over Willi Müller , Germany, Einar Hansen , Denmark and Edil Rosenqvist , Finland |
1931 | 1. | EM in Prague | GR | Heavy | after victories over Otto Viikberg , Estonia , Josef Urban , Czechoslovakia , Hjalmar Nyström , Finland and Georg Gehring , Germany |
1931 | 3. | Intern. Tournament in Gothenburg | GR | Heavy | behind Hjalmar Nyström u. before Johan Richthoff , Sweden |
1931 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Malmö | GR | Heavy | before Johan Richthoff u. Hjalmar Nyström |
1932 | gold | OS in Los Angeles | GR | Heavy | make a win over Josef Urban, Czechoslovakia, a defeat against Georg Gehring, Germany and a win over Nikolaus Hirschl , Austria |
1933 | 3. | EM in Helsinki | GR | Heavy | after victories over Kristjan Palusalu , Estonia and Kurt Hornfischer , Germany and a defeat against Arvo Niemelä , Finland |
- Explanations
- GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Weight classes up to 1929: medium up to 75 kg, semi-heavy up to 82.5 kg, heavy weight over 82.5 kg
- Weight classes since 1930: medium up to 79 kg, semi-heavy up to 87 kg, heavy weight over 87 kg body weight
National successes
Carl Westergren was Swedish middleweight champion in 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1921, in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930 and 1931 in light heavyweight, and in 1932 and 1933 in heavyweight. So a total of 13 titles. He won all titles in the Greco-Roman style. In addition, he won many international tournaments on the mats of Scandinavia, which at that time always gathered the world's elite. His main Swedish opponents were Gustav Lindquist , Claes Johansson , Ragnar Bohm , Ernst Nilsson , Thure Sjöstedt , Olle Hansson, Rudolf Svensson and Johan Richthoff , who mostly avoided each other at the Swedish championships.
literature
- Documentation of FILA International Wrestling Championships, published by FILA 1976
- various issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from the years 1929 to 1933
- Svensk Brottning 100 år, anniversary band for the 100th anniversary of the Swedish Wrestling Association, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baumgartner and Smith among charter FILA 2003 Hall of Fame class ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 11, 2010
Web links
- Profile of Carl Westergren at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Carl Westergren in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Westergren, Carl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westergren, Carl Oscar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmo |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1958 |
Place of death | Malmo |