John Nyman

John Emanuel Nyman (born April 25, 1908 in Sundsvall , † October 19, 1977 there ) was a Swedish wrestler . At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , he won the silver medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division.

Career

John Nyman matured at the wrestling club Sundsvalls AIK , to which he belonged throughout his career, in the early 1930s to an outstanding heavyweight wrestler in the Greco-Roman style. From 1931 he achieved some excellent placings at the Swedish championships and always achieved good results at the major international wrestling tournaments that were common in Scandinavia at the time. Until 1934 he was still in the shadow of the "old fighters" Carl Westergreen and Rudolf Svensson and the Swedish champion from 1931 Georg Nilsson.

In 1935 he was the first Swedish heavyweight champion in the Greco-Roman style. From this point on, he was also used in the major international championships and achieved consistently excellent results. In 1936 he won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Berlin. The Estonian Kristjan Palusalu , who defeated him on points, blocked his way to the gold medal . In 1937, 1938 and 1939 John Nyman finished 2nd at the European Championships in Greco-Roman style in Paris, Tallinn and Oslo. In 1937 he lost the decisive fight for the title against Kristjan Palusalu and in 1938 and 1939 against Johannes Kotkas from Estonia .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1934	3.	Intern. Tournament in Stockholm	Heavy	behind Rudolf Svensson and Georg Nilsson, both Swedes, in front of Kurt Hornfischer , Germany
1934	1.	Intern. Tournament in Nuremberg	Heavy	before Josef Klapuch , Czechoslovakia and Kurt Hornfischer
1935	4th	EM in Copenhagen	Heavy	after a loss to Kurt Hornfischer, a victory over Peter Larsen, Denmark and a loss to Hjalmar Nyström , Finland
1936	silver	OS in Berlin	Heavy	after victories over Zoltan Kondorossy, Romania and Eduard Schöll, Austria , a defeat against Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia and victories over Hjalmar Nyström and Kurt Hornfischer
1937	2.	EM in Paris	Heavy	after victories over Robert Herland, France , Peter Larsen and Josef Klapuch and a defeat against Kristjan Palusalu
1938	2.	EM in Reval	Heavy	after a defeat against Johannes Kotkas , Estonia and victories over Olaf Knutsen, Norway, Uuno Vento, Finland and Edvīns Bietags , Latvia
1939	2.	EM in Oslo	Heavy	after victories over Mehmet Çoban , Turkey , Kåre Larsen, Norway, Peter Larsen, Denmark and Gyula Bóbis , Hungary and a defeat against Johannes Kotkas

Swedish championships

John Nyman was the Swedish heavyweight champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1935, 1937, 1941 and 1942

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Heavy weight, at that time over 87 kg body weight

literature

• Professional magazines athletics and strength training
• Anniversary band Svensk Brottning 100 ar, 2009
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, 1976

Web links

• John Nyman in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of John Nyman at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Profile of John Nyman on the Swedish Olympic Committee website