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Edvard Westerlund

Personal information
Born	(1901-02-01)1 February 1901 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	7 December 1982(1982-12-07) (aged 81) Helsinki, Finland
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68–87 kg (150–192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Helsingin Atleettiklubi, Helsinki
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1924 Paris 75 kg 1928 Amsterdam 67.5 kg World Championships 1922 Stockholm 75 kg 1921 Helsinki 67.5 kg European championships 1933 Helsinki 79 kg

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.

References

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

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1908:  Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE) 1912:  Claes Johanson (SWE) 1920:  Carl Westergren (SWE) 1924:  Edvard Westerlund (FIN) 1928:  Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) 1932:  Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) 1936:  Ivar Johansson (SWE) 1948:  Axel Grönberg (SWE) 1952:  Axel Grönberg (SWE) 1956:  Givi Kartozia (URS) 1960:  Dimitar Dobrev (BUL) 1964:  Branislav Simić (YUG) 1968:  Lothar Metz (GDR) 1972:  Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) 1976:  Momir Petković (YUG) 1980:  Gennady Korban (URS) 1984:  Ion Draica (ROM) 1988:  Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS) 1992:  Péter Farkas (HUN) 1996:  Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) 2000:  Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) 2004:  Aleksey Mishin (RUS) 2008:  Andrea Minguzzi (ITA) 2012:  Alan Khugaev (RUS) 2016:  Davit Chakvetadze (RUS) 2020:  Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) 2024:  Semen Novikov (BUL)
1908: 73 kg 1912–1928: 75 kg 1932–1960: 79 kg 1964–1968: 87 kg 1972–1996: 82 kg 2000: 85 kg 2004–2012: 84 kg 2016: 85 kg 2020–present: 87 kg

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