Charles Courant

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Charles Courant (* 14. April 1896 , † 26. June 1982 in Montreux ) was a Swiss wrestler and oscillators . He won as a freestyle wrestler at the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris in 1924 a silver medal and a bronze medal , respectively, in the light heavyweight division .

Career

Charles Courant came from French-speaking western Switzerland. Like almost all Swiss freestyle wrestlers of those years, he came from the wrestling camp. However, nothing is known about his success in wrestling.

As a freestyle wrestler, Charles Courant competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . There he defeated Jan van Rensburg, South Africa , Henri Snoeck, Belgium and John Roland Redman from the United States. In the final battle he was defeated by Anders Larsson from Sweden and won the silver medal.

Charles Courant also competed in the same style and weight class at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris . He first defeated Charles Strack from the United States and Poul Hansen from Denmark in Paris . Then he met Rudolf Svensson from Sweden . The official memoir of the International Olympic Committee about the 1924 Olympic Games under the patronage of the Swiss Olympic Committee, published in 1925 by Julius Wagner Verlag, Zurich / Munich, on page 53, says about this fight: In this class the fight seemed to be a duel between Spellmann (United States) and Courant (Switzerland). However, the Swiss put his good chances in the demi-final by resigning after the fifth minute of the fight against Svensson after the Swede had made an illegal grip without being warned by the referees.

So Charles Courant seems to have been a man of principle. He had no other opportunities to take part in international championships, because in the amateur camp, European championships were only held in free style from 1929 and world championships only from 1951. After his sports career, he was also a founding member of the Vaud gymnastics and wrestling association and was also a functionary in the Swiss wrestling association for many years.

International success as a freestyle wrestler

year space competition Weight class Results
1920 silver Olympic Games in Antwerp Semi-difficult after victories over Jan van Rensburg, South Africa, Henri Snoeck, Belgium, and John Roland Redman, USA, and a defeat against Anders Larsson , Sweden
1924 bronze Olympic Games in Paris Semi-difficult after victories over Charles Strack, USA, and Poul Hansen , Denmark, and a loss to Rudolf Svensson , Sweden

literature

  • Olle Larsson, Peter Irdén: Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896–1976. FILA, Lausanne 1976.
  • Commemorative work of the International Olympic Committee on the Olympic Games in Paris 1924 under the patronage of the Swiss Olympic Committee, Julius Wagner publishing house, Zurich / Munich 1925.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the light heavyweight division, the weight limit was then 82 kg, from 1924 87 kg, today 96 kg.
personal data
SURNAME Courant, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss wrestlers and wrestlers
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1896
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1982
Place of death Montreux