Per Berlin
| Per Berlin medal table |
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 Per Berlin |
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | 1952 Helsinki | Welter |
| bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Welter |
| European Championship | ||
| bronze | 1949 Istanbul | Welter |
Per Gunnar Börje Berlin (born August 1, 1921 in Södra Sandby , † December 22, 2011 in Landskrona ) was a Swedish wrestler . He was a two-time medalist at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne .
Career
Per Berlin began as a youth in his hometown Eskilstuna with the local wrestling club "GAK" with the wrestling. He soon developed into an excellent wrestler in both styles. As a result of the Second World War, during which no international championships took place, the international wrestling career for the police officer only began in 1949 at the age of 28. He finished third at the European wrestling championship in Istanbul in the free style welterweight.
The next start in an international championship was at the World Freestyle Championship in Helsinki in 1951 . There Per just missed a medal with a fourth place because he had to retire after two wins due to a defeat in the third fight against the Iranian Abdollah Mojtabavi .
A great success came Per then at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, when he won the silver medal in the free style welterweight. He, William Smith from the USA and Abdollah Mojtabavi defeated each other, so the missing points from the preliminary fights had to be decided. Here Smith was best with three missing points and became Olympic champion , Per won the silver medal with four missing points and Mojtabavi with five missing points the bronze medal.
1953 Per Berlin was also used in the wrestling world championship in Naples in the Greco-Roman style and finished fifth. He was also at the wrestling world championships in free style in Tokyo in 1954 and in Greco-Roman style in Karlsruhe in 1955 , but was unable to win a medal either time.
In 1956, although he was already 35 years old, he was sent from Sweden to the Olympic Games in Melbourne . There he started in both styles. In the Greco-Roman style, he won his second Olympic medal with the bronze medal, while he came fourth in the free style.
Then he ended his international wrestling career.
International success
| year | space | competition | style | Weight class | Results |
| 1949 | 3. | EM in Istanbul | F. | Welter | with victories over Jean Leclerc, France a . Ali Ghaffari, Iran a . one loss to Celal Atik , Turkey |
| 1951 | 4th | World Cup in Helsinki | F. | Welter | with victories over Karl Schaad, Switzerland a . Jean Leclers et al. a loss to Abdollah Mojtabavi , Iran |
| 1952 | silver | OS in Helsinki | F. | Welter | with victories over Daniel Hauser , Switzerland, Anton Mackowiak , Germany , Arvedo Cecchini , Italy , Aleksanteri Keisala , Finland a . William Smith , USA a . a loss to Abdullah Mojtabavi, Iran |
| 1953 | 5. | World Cup in Naples | GR | Welter | with victories over Hendrik Stoltz, Netherlands , Béla Cucic, Yugoslavia a . Aleksanteri Keisala et al. a loss to Miklós Szilvási , Hungary |
| 1954 | 4th | World Cup in Tokyo | F. | Welter | with victories over Lajos Radics, Hungary a. Henrik Hansen, Denmark a . Losses against Mohammad Ali Fardin , Iran a. Bekir Büke , Turkey |
| 1955 | 10. | World Cup in Karlsruhe | GR | Welter | after victories over John Cools, Belgium a . Marin Belușica , Romania and a loss to Mitu Petkow, Bulgaria , surrendered due to injury |
| 1956 | 4th | OS in Melbourne | F. | Welter | with victories over N. Granger, Australia , E. Wandaller, Austria a . Alfred Tischendorf , Germany a. a loss to Vakhtang Balavadze , USSR |
| 1956 | bronze | OS in Melbourne | GR | Welter | with victories over F. Murphy, Australia a. E. Wandaller et al. Losses against Mithat Bayrak , Turkey a. Vladimir Maneev , USSR |
Swedish championships
Per Berlin was Swedish champion in free style in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955 and 1956 and in 1952, 1955 and 1956 in Greco-Roman style, each in welterweight
International battles
- 1953, Sweden against Turkey, F, We, point defeat against İbrahim Zengin ,
- 1953, Sweden against Turkey, GR, We, points victory over Bekir Büke,
- 1954, Sweden against USSR, F, We, points victory over Wachtang Balawadze,
- 1954, Sweden against USSR, GR, We, point defeat against Muchtar Dadaschew,
- 1954, Sweden against Finland, F, We, points victory over Lehto,
- 1954, Sweden against Finland, GR, We, points victory over Rantanen,
- 1955, Sweden against Turkey, GR, We, point defeat against Nuri Ayvali,
- 1956, Sweden against USSR, GR, We, point defeat against Grigori Gamarnik
- Explanations
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style
- Weight class welter weight at that time up to 73 kg body weight
literature
- various issues of the specialist magazine "Athletik" from the years 1949 to 1956,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1956
- Anniversary volume Svensk Brottning 100 år, 2009, ISBN 978-91-633-4730-6
Web links
- Profile of Per Berlin at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Per Berlin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait of Per Berlin on the Swedish Olympic Committee website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berlin, Per |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berlin, Per Gunnar Börje |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Södra Sandby |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 2011 |
| Place of death | Landskrona |