Edil Rosenqvist

Edil Rosenqvist medal table
Wrestler
Finland
Olympic games
silver	1920 Antwerp	Semi-difficult
silver	1924 Paris	Heavy
World Championship
gold	1921 Helsinki	Semi-difficult
gold	1922 Stockholm	Semi-difficult
European Championship
bronze	1930 Stockholm	Semi-difficult

Edil Albert Rosenqvist (born December 11, 1892 in Degerby , † September 14, 1973 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish wrestler in the Greco-Roman style. He wrestled in his career in light heavy and heavyweight. He became world champion in 1921 and 1922 , and won silver in his two Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 . In Finland he started for the Helsingin Atleettiklubi , one of the leading wrestling clubs of his time.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships; GR = Greco-Roman, Hsg = light heavyweight, Sg = heavyweight)

• 1920, 2nd place , OS in Antwerp , GR, Hsg, behind Claes Johansson , Sweden and in front of Johannes Eriksen , Denmark
• 1921, 1st place , World Championships in Helsinki , GR, Hsg, ahead of Rudolf Svensson , Sweden and Johan Muijs , Netherlands
• 1922, 1st place , World Championship in Stockholm , GR, Hsg, ahead of Rudolf Svensson and Svend Nielsen , Denmark
• 1924, 2nd place , OS in Paris , GR Sg, behind Henri Deglane , France and in front of Raymund Badó , Hungary
• 1930, 3rd place , EM in Stockholm, GR, publisher, behind Carl Westergren , Sweden and Einar Hansen , Denmark

Finnish championships

• 1918, 2nd place , GR, ed., Behind Arthur Lindfors
• 1919, 1st place , GR, Sg, ahead of Johan Gallen Kalema
• 1920, 1st place , GR, Sg, before Jussi Salila
• 1921, 1st place , Gr, ed
• 1930, 1st place , GR, ed., Ahead of Onni Pellinen and Aukusti Sihvola

Web links

• Profile of Edil Rosenqvist at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Edil Rosenqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )