Oskari Friman
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Finland |
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| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | Featherweight | |
| Gold | 1924 Paris | Lightweight | |
| FILA Wrestling World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1921 Helsinki | 67.5 kg | |
Oskari Friman (January 27, 1893 – October 19, 1933) was a Finnish wrestler from Vahviala in the Viipuri Province. He was both world champion and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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[edit] Olympics
Friman competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class.[1]
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he received a gold medal in the lightweight class.[2]
[edit] World championships
He competed at the 1921 FILA Wrestling World Championships where he won the gold medal in the 67.5 kg class.
[edit] National championships
Friman won a total of ten Finnish championships, in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1928.
[edit] References
- ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 11, 2008)
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 11, 2008)
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