Adolf Valentin "Adi" Lindfors (8 February 1879 – 5 May 1959) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] He competed at the 1912, where we became injured and had to withdraw, and 1920 Olympics, where he won a gold medal, aged 41. [2]
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Born | 8 February 1879 Porvoo, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 May 1959 (aged 80) Porvoo, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Porvoon Akilles | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lindfors started seriously training in sports around 1900, and won Finnish titles in weightlifting in 1903–04 and in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1905, 1910 and 1913. He placed second at the 1911 World Championships. Back in 1902 he founded Porvoon Akilles and headed it from 1902 to 1912.[2]
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