Name Edvard Westerlund | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 1 February 1901
Helsinki, Finland ( 1901-02-01 ) Died December 7, 1982, Helsinki, Finland Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight People also search for Arthur Lindfors, Roman Steinberg, Lajos Keresztes, Eduard Sperling | ||
Edvard Vilhelm "Eetu" Westerlund (1 February 1901 – 7 December 1982) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1924 and a bronze in 1928. He collected the same pair of medals at the world championships in 1921–22. Domestically Westerlund competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling and won three titles: in 1927 in Greco-Roman lightweight, in 1929 in freestyle lightweight and in 1936 in Greco-Roman light-heavyweight. His brothers Kalle and Emil were also Olympic wrestlers.
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