Name Fred Oberlander Role Olympic athlete | Died 1986 | |
Fred Oberlander (23 May 1911 in Vienna, Austria – 1996) was an Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler. After a highly successful junior career, he won the world championships in 1935. Oberlander was offered a chance to compete for Austria at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but declined. He represented Great Britain as team captain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Oberlander later emigrated to Canada, where he founded the Canadian Maccabi Association. He won the heavyweight wrestling title at the 1953 Maccabiah Games and was named Outstanding Jewish World Athlete.
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Hall of Fame
Oberlander was named to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.
Family
His son Ron served as President and CEO of Abitibi Consolidated. His son Philip followed in his father's footsteps, wrestling as a welterweight in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He did not medal.