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Edvīns Bietags (born February 28, 1908 in Rūjiena , Krs. Valmiera , † September 29, 1983 in Jūrmala ) was a Latvian wrestler and winner of the silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division in Greco-Roman style.

Career

Edvīns Bietags grew up in Riga where she started as a teenager with the rings . Initially, his success as a wrestler was limited to the Latvian area. But when the former Estonian Olympic champion Eduard Pütsep took over the training of the Latvian wrestlers at the beginning of the 1930s , Edvīns Bietags made a huge leap forward on the international wrestling mat.

In 1932 he won in Königsberg in a comparison match between East Prussia and the city selection Riga twice clearly on points over Dau from Königsberg. In 1934 Edvins bidding started for the first time at a European championship in the Greco-Roman style. In Rome he surprised the entire professional world when he immediately became European light heavyweight champion. Among the wrestlers he defeated was the strong Axel Cadier from Sweden . Bietags lost to German champion Erich Siebert , but this defeat could not prevent his title win.

At the European Championships in Copenhagen in 1935 Edvīns Bietags was not as successful as in 1934. After two wins, he lost to old master Onni Pellinen from Finland and August Neo from Estonia and ended up in fourth place.

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , Bietags was again in excellent shape. He defeated four strong opponents, including Werner Seelenbinder from Berlin and August Neo and won the silver medal after losing points to Axel Cadier .

In the years 1937 to 1939 Bietags won no more medals at the European Championships. In 1937 in Paris and 1938 in Tallinn , he started in the heavyweight division, but could not do anything in this weight class against the major heavier competitors. In 1939 in Oslo he tried again in the light heavyweight division and only came in fourth place because of the impending outbreak of war.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, back then up to 87 kg or over 87 kg body weight)

• 1934, 1st place , EM in Rome , GR, Hs, with victories over W. Ksiazkiewicz, Poland , Osvaldo Rovedo, Italy , František Mráček , Czechoslovakia , and Axel Cadier , Sweden , despite a defeat against Erich Siebert , Germany ;
• 1935, 4th place , EM in Copenhagen , GR, Hs, with victories over Paul Böhmer , Germany, and Hubert Prokop , Czechoslovakia, as well as defeats against Onni Pellinen , Finland , and August Neo , Estonia ;
• 1936, silver medal , OS in Berlin , GR, Hs, with victories over Mustafa Çakmak , Turkey , Gyula Bóbis , Hungary , Werner Seelenbinder , Germany, and August Neo and one defeat against Axel Cadier;
• 1937, 9th place , EM in Paris , GR, S, after defeats against Josef Klapuch , Czechoslovakia, and Léon Charlier , Belgium ;
• 1938, 4th place , EM in Tallinn , GR, S, with a victory over Karl Ehret , Germany, and defeats against John Nyman , Sweden, and Johannes Kotkas , Estonia;
• 1939, 4th place , EM in Oslo , GR, Hs, with a victory over Gunnar Nielsen, Denmark , and defeats against August Neo and Umberto Silvestri , Italy

swell

• Div. Issues from the specialist journals Athletics from 1934 to 1936 and Kraftsport from 1937 to 1939,
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976

Web links

• Profile of Edvīns bidding tag at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Edvīns bid tags in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )