Abraham Kurland
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Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist
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
He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports Club,
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
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
In 1945 he returned to Denmark.[2] Kurland worked there as a coach from 1948-62.[2]
After the war, at the
See also
- List of select Jewish wrestlers
- List of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling
- List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners
References
- ^ ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Abraham Kurland," olympics.com.
- ^ a b "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat-uww-org.
- ^ a b "Abraham Kurland Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b c Norman Berdichevsky. "The Golden Calf Idols of the World Cup, The Olympics, and What Happened in Berlin, 1936". New English Review. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b "NOGET AF HAKOAHS HISTORISKE FORTID | Jif Hakoah". hakoah.dk.
- ^ ISBN 9780813528205. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Maccabiah Games before World War II". sport-record.de.
- ^ Nina Skyhøj Olsen. "I ringen med Hitler". idraetshistorie.dk.
- ^ "Abraham Kurland - Olympic Facts and Results". olympiandatabase.com.
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 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine