Kalle Westerlund
Karl Mauritz "Kalle" Westerlund (born September 22, 1897 in Helsinki , † February 11, 1972 ibid) was a Finnish wrestler . He won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman style in the lightweight at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 .
Career
Kalle Westerlund began wrestling as a teenager like his brothers Edvard and Emil at the Helsinki Athletics Club . He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style.
In 1920 he took 3rd place in the Finnish lightweight championship behind Oskari Friman and his brother Edvard. In 1921 he started again in the lightweight world championship in Helsinki, where he defeated u. a. such strong wrestlers as Albert Kusnets from Estonia and Edvard Huupponen from Finland, but just missed the medal ranks after defeats against his Finnish compatriots Oskari Friman and Juho Ikävalko and the Latvian Rafael Rone with 4th place.
In 1922 he came in the Finnish championship in the lightweight behind Taavi Tamminen and Edvard Huupponen on the 3rd place. In 1924 he became the Finnish runner-up in the lightweight division behind Herman Nykänen. That year he also started at the Olympic Games in Paris in the lightweight. He defeated Fuat Akbas from Turkey and L. Christoffel from Belgium, then lost to Lajos Keresztes from Hungary , but then secured a bronze medal with victories over Alfred Praks from Estonia, František Kratochvíl from Czechoslovakia and Albert Kusnets. That was certainly the greatest success of his wrestling career.
In 1927 he finally won his only Finnish championship title in the middleweight division .
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1921 | 4th | World Cup in Helsinki | Light | after victories over Albert Kusnets and Eduard Hermann, both Estonia, Edvard Huupponen, Finland and W. Doll, Netherlands and defeats against Oskari Friman and Juho Ikävalko, both Finland and Rafael Rone, Latvia |
| 1923 | 2. | Gothenburg fighting games | Light | behind Kalle Anttila , Finland, in front of Eriksen, Norway |
| 1924 | bronze | OS in Paris | Light | after victories over Fuat Akbas, Turkey and L. Christoffel, Belgium, a defeat against Lajos Keresztes, Hungary and victories over Alfred Praks, Estonia, Frantisek Kratochvil, Czechoslovakia and Albert Kusnets |
| 1925 | 1. | Nordic championship | Light |
Finnish championships
| year | space | Weight class | Results |
| 1920 | 3. | Light | behind Oskari Friman and Edvard Westerlund |
| 1922 | 3. | Light | behind Taavi Tamminen and Edvard Huupponen |
| 1924 | 2. | Light | behind Herman Nykänen, in front of Volmari Vikström |
| 1927 | 1. | medium | before Urho Helenius and Aarne Mäki |
- Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Lightweight, weight class up to 67.5 kg, medium weight up to 75 kg body weight
literature
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, 1976
- Athletics magazine , Official. Organ of the German Athletics Sports Association (DASV) from 1891, Frankfurt (Main)
Web links
- Kalle Westerlund in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Profile of Kalle Westerlund at the Institute for Applied Training Science
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westerlund, Kalle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westerlund, Karl Mauritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1972 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |