Ivar Johansson (wrestler)

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Ivar Johansson
Ivar Johansson
medal table

Wrestler

Sweden
Olympic games
gold 1932 Los Angeles Means freestyle
gold 1932 Los Angeles Welter Greco
gold 1936 Berlin Means Greco
European Championship
bronze 1929 Dortmund Means Greco
silver 1930 Stockholm Means Greco
gold 1931 Prague Means Greco
gold 1934 Rome Means Greco
gold 1934 Stockholm Means freestyle
gold 1935 Copenhagen Means Greco
gold 1935 Brussels Means freestyle
gold 1937 Paris Means Greco
gold 1937 Munich Means freestyle
gold 1938 Tallinn Means Greco
gold 1939 Oslo Means Greco
Ivar Johansson 1932

Ivar Valentin Johansson (born January 31, 1903 in Söderköping , † August 4, 1979 in Norrköping ) was a Swedish wrestler .

Life

Johansson grew up in Norrköping and trained as a mechanic. He later joined the police and took it to the police officer. As a teenager he joined the Norrköpingsklubben IK Björnen, a wrestling club. Soon he achieved first successes on a regional and then also on a Swedish level. However, the international breakthrough did not take place until 1929. From 1931 he dominated the international wrestling scene in his weight class to an extent that no one before him had succeeded and no one succeeded after him. The war ended his career in 1939. He would probably have competed in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo . A room is dedicated to him and his successes in the city museum of Norrköping.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = freestyle, welterweight, then up to 73 kg, middleweight, then up to 79 kg, HS = light heavyweight, then up to 87 kg body weight)

year space competition style Weight class
1928 9. OS in Amsterdam GR medium after winning against Frantz, Luxembourg and defeats against František Hála , Czechoslovakia and Väinö Kokkinen , Finland
1929 3. EM in Dortmund GR medium after victories over Albert Kusnets , Estonia , Brachten, Netherlands , Schmidt, Austria and defeats against József Tunyogi , Hungary and Väinö Kokkinen
1929 2. Intern. Tournament in Stockholm GR medium behind Väinö Kokkinen u. before Jozsef Tunyogi
1930 2. EM in Stockholm GR medium with victories over Eduard Krämer , Germany , Karl Kullisaar , Estonia and defeat against Väinö Kokkinen
1931 1. EM in Prague GR medium with victories over Gałuszka, Poland , Karl Kullisaar, Mario Gruppioni , Italy , Viktors Kavals , Latvia and Väinö Kokkinen
1931 1. Intern. Tournament in Malmö GR medium before Väino Kokkinen u. Johan Friis, Sweden
1931 1. Intern. Tournament in Helsinki GR medium in front of Väinö Kokkinen u. Mikko Nordling , bde. Finland
1932 2. Intern. Tournament in Stockholm GR medium behind Axel Cadier u. before Knut Fridell , bde. Sweden
1932 gold OS in Los Angeles F. medium with wins over Sumiyuki Kotani , Japan , Robert Hess , USA , Émile Poilvé , France and despite defeat against Kyösti Luukko , Finland
1932 gold OS in Los Angeles GR Welter with victories over Arild Dahl , Norway , Gyula Zombori , Hungary, Osvald Käpp , Estonia and Väinö Kajander , Finland
1932 1. Intern. Tournament in Stockholm GR Semi-difficult in front of Onni Pellinen , Finland a. Thure Sjöstedt , Sweden
1934 1. EM in Rome GR medium with victories over August Neo , Estonia, Federico Malossi , Italy, László Papp , Hungary, Josef Přibyl , Czechoslovakia and Arvi Pikkusaari , Finland
1934 1. EM in Stockholm F. medium in front of Elis Wecksten , Finland, Fritz Neuhaus , Germany a. Jean Jourlin , France
1935 1. EM in Copenhagen GR medium with victories over Voldemar Mägi , Estonia, Josef Paar , Germany, Arvi Pikkusaari and Béchir Bouazzat , France
1935 1. EM in Brussels F. medium with victories over Eugen Angst , Switzerland, Bissell, England , Jaroslav Sysel , Czechoslovakia and Sulon, Belgium
1936 gold OS in Berlin GR medium with victories over Väinö Kokkinen, Lefakis, Greece , Yurdaer, Turkey , Ibrahim Orabi , Egypt , József Palotás , Hungary and Ludwig Schweickert , Germany
1937 1. EM in Paris GR medium with victories over Ercole Gallegati , Italy, Portengen, Netherlands, D'Hondt, Belgium and Ludwig Schweickert
1937 1. EM in Munich F. medium with victories over August Köstner , Germany, Paul Dätwyler , Switzerland, Furlan, Italy and despite a defeat against János Rihetzky , Hungary
1938 1. EM in Tallinn GR medium with victories over Ercole Gallegati, Voldemar Roolaan , Estonia, Bajorek, Poland, Georgs Ozolinš , Latvia and Ludwig Schweickert
1939 1. EM in Oslo GR medium with victories over Ahmet Kireççi , Turkey, Arvi Pikkusaari , Voldemar Roolaan and Ludwig Schweickert

National successes

Ivar Johansson won 22 Swedish championships. In the Greco-Roman style he won in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941 and others. 1943, free style, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1941, always middleweight.

As the only Swedish wrestler was able to offer Axel Cadier Paroli in 1932/33 , who later switched to the light heavyweight division. In 1933 Ivar Johansson was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal.

swell

  • Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976,
  • Trade journal athletics ,
  • Svensk Brottning 100 år , Editor of the Swedish Wrestling Federation, 2009,
  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

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personal data
SURNAME Johansson, Ivar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johansson, Ivar Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Söderköping
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1979
Place of death Norrkoping