Edvard_Westerlund

Edvard Westerlund

Edvard Westerlund

Finnish wrestler (1901–1982)

Edvard Vilhelm "Eetu" Westerlund (1 February 1901 – 7 December 1982) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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    "Edvard Westerlund". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    Vesterlund, Edvard Vilhelm (FIN). iat.uni-leipzig.de
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    "Edvard Westerlund". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.


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