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Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist wrestler.[1] Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49, won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics and a gold medal in lightweight at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, won a gold medal at the 1934 European Wrestling Championships in Greco-Roman and a bronze medal in freestyle, and won a silver medal at the 1935 European Wrestling Championships.[2][3]

Abraham Kurland

Personal information
Born	(1912-06-10)10 June 1912 Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
Died	14 March 1999(1999-03-14) (aged 86)
Resting place	Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads
Sport
Country	Denmark
Sport	wrestling
Weight class	lightweight
Event(s)	Greco Roman, freestyle
Club	Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd
Achievements and titles
National finals	12x Danish champion
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles lightweight European Wrestling Championships 1934 Stockholm Greco Roman 1934 Stockholm freestyle 1935 Brussels Greco Roman Maccabiah Games 1932 Palestine lightweight

Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany.

Biography

Kurland was Jewish, and was born in Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark.[1][4]

He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd.[4][5]

In 1928, at 16 years of age, Kurland became Hakoah's first Copenhagen bantamweight champion.[6]

Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49.[2]

He won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, at 20 years of age, after being narrowly defeated for the gold medal.[1][7]

At the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, Kurland won a gold medal in the lightweight category.[8]

At the 1934 European Wrestling Championships Kurland won a gold medal in Greco-Roman, and a bronze medal in freestyle.[2] At the 1935 European Wrestling Championships he won a silver medal in Greco-Roman.[2][3]

Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics.[5][7][9] However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany.[1]

In 1943 during World War II, Kurland fled to Sweden on a fishing boat from Gilleleje to Hoganas with a group Danish-Jewish wrestlers, and they stayed with the families of Swedish wrestlers.[2][6]

In 1945 he returned to Denmark.[2] Kurland worked there as a coach from 1948-62.[2]

After the war, at the 1948 Olympics in London, Kurland competed in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at 36 years of age, and came in ninth.[10][5]

See also

• List of select Jewish wrestlers
• List of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abraham Kurland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Danmarks Brydeforbund Mesterskabsdatabase Abraham Kurland

На других языках

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- [en] Abraham Kurland

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[fr] Abraham Kurland

Abraham Kurland, né le 10 juin 1912 à Odense et mort le 14 mars 1999, est un lutteur danois spécialiste de la lutte gréco-romaine.

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[it] Abraham Kurland

Abraham Kurland (Odense, 10 giugno 1912 – 14 marzo 1999) è stato un lottatore danese, specializzato nella lotta greco-romana.

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[ru] Курланд, Абрахам

Абрахам Курланд (дат. Abraham Kurland; 10 июня 1912 (1912-06-10) Оденсе, Дания — 14 марта 1999) — датский борец греко-римского и вольного стилей, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр, неоднократный призёр чемпионатов Европы, двенадцатикратный чемпион Дании. Самый юный участник соревнований по борьбе в ходе Олимпийских игр-1932 [2] [3]

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