Oskari Friman
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Born | (1893-01-27)27 January 1893 Vahviala, Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 October 1933(1933-10-19) (aged 40) Viipuri, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Viipurin Voimailijat | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oskar David "Oskari" Friman (27 January 1893 – 19 October 1933) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won gold medals in lightweight categories at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and 1921 World Championships. Nationally he collected eleven Finnish titles, in 1915-1924 and 1928.[1]
Friman took up wrestling in 1908, and by 1915 became one of the best Finnish lightweight wrestlers, together with his clubmate Emil Väre. Because of World War I, he started competing internationally only at the 1920 Olympics, where he dropped to featherweight to avoid meeting Väre. Väre retired soon after that, and Friman returned to lightweight. During those years he worked as a butcher and tinsmith, but later, when he became famous and retired from competitions, he was hired as head coach of the Finnish and Swedish national wrestling teams.[2]
References
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- 1912
Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN)
- 1920
Oskari Friman (FIN)
- 1924
Kalle Anttila (FIN)
- 1928
Voldemar Väli (EST)
- 1932
Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)
- 1936
Yaşar Erkan (TUR)
- 1948
Mehmet Oktav (TUR)
- 1952
Yakiv Punkin (URS)
- 1956
Rauno Mäkinen (FIN)
- 1960
Müzahir Sille (TUR)
- 1964
Imre Polyák (HUN)
- 1968
Roman Rurua (URS)
- 1972
Georgi Markov (BUL)
- 1976
Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
- 1980
Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)
- 1984
Kim Weon-kee (KOR)
- 1988
Kamandar Madzhidov (URS)
- 1992
Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR)
- 1996
Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL)
- 2000
Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)
- 2004
Jung Ji-hyun (KOR)
- 2008
Islambek Albiev (RUS)
- 2012
Omid Norouzi (IRI)
- 1912–1920: 60 kg
- 1924–1928: 62 kg
- 1932–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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