Ivar Boehling
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| silver | 1912 Stockholm | Semi-difficult |
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| gold | 1914 Vienna | Semi-difficult |
Ivar Theodor Böhling (born September 10, 1889 in Ingå , † January 12, 1929 in Vyborg ) was a Finnish wrestler in the Greco-Roman style. Ivar Böhling started in Stockholm in 1912 at the Olympic Games , where he won a silver medal
Career
In March 1911 Ivar Böhling, who belonged to the Helsingin Alteettiklubi (HAK) , was able to secure the Finnish championship for the first time in Vyborg. He took part from March 25 to 28, 1911 in the unofficial world championship in Greco-Roman style in the light heavyweight division. In this championship he had to contest 13 fights because every wrestler in his weight class had to compete against every other wrestler. He wrestled u. a. draw against Alfred Asikainen, Finland, the eventual winner, but lost against Anders Ahlgren from Sweden and Arvo Lumme from Finland. In the final statement, he finished 7th.
A year later, he won the light heavyweight silver medal at the Stockholm Olympics . The final fight against the local Anders Ahlgren lasted 9 hours without a wrestler being declared the winner. Both Ahlgren and Böhling received the silver medal. The golden one was not awarded.
In 1913 he was again Finnish light heavyweight champion. 1914 started at the unofficial European championships held in Vienna . He only fought against Austrians and ultimately won ahead of Alois Toduschek .
In 1915 and 1916 he was again Finnish champion, both times in the heavyweight over 82.5 kg. Whereby he won first place in 1915, ahead of the four-time Finnish champion and later Olympic champion from Antwerp, Adolf Lindfors .
In 1916 Ivar Böhling joined the professional wrestlers, but ended his wrestling career in 1920.
International championships
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1911 | 7th | inoff. World Cup in Helsinki | Semi-difficult | after a draw against Anders Ahlgren , Sweden, victories over M. Barsow, Russia, Karl Lind and Otto Pynnönen, both Finland, a draw against Johan Andersson, Sweden, a win over Oskar Henriksson, Finland, defeats against Arvo Lumme and Oscar Wiklund, both Finland, draw against Oskari Kumpu and Hjalmar Grip, both Finland, one win over Claes Johansson , Sweden, one draw against Alfred Asikainen , Finland and one win over August Jokinen, Finland |
| 1912 | silver | OS in Stockholm | Semi-difficult | after victories over Edouard Martin, France, Karl Groß and Peter Öhler, both Germany, Harald Christensen , Denmark and Fritz Lange, Germany and a fight without a decision against Anders Ahlgren , Sweden |
| 1914 | 1. | inoff. EM in Vienna | Semi-difficult | before Alois Toduschek , Franz Kawan and Johann Trestler , all Austria |
Finnish championships
| year | space | Weight class | Results |
| 1911 | 1. | Semi-difficult | before Kalle Lindh and Arvi Saaristo |
| 1913 | 1. | Semi-difficult | before M. Hämäläinen and August Mattson |
| 1915 | 1. | Heavy | before Adolf Lindfors and M. Kokko |
| 1916 | 1. | Heavy | before Kalle Viljanmaa |
- Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Semi-heavy, at that time up to 82.5 kg, heavyweight, from 82.5 kg body weight
literature
- Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976; Published by: FILA (World Wrestling Federation), 1976
Web links
- Profile of Ivar Böhling at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Ivar Böhling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bohling, Ivar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Böhling, Ivar Theodor; Böling, Ivar Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingå |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1929 |
| Place of death | Vyborg |