Volmar Wikström
Appearance
Volmar Wikström | |
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Born | Pargas, Finland | 27 December 1889
Died | 10 June 1957 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 67)
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing Finland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1924 Paris | Lightweight |
Volmar Wikström (27 December 1889 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish wrestler from Pargas, Olympic medalist in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Wikström competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he won the first four matches but was eliminated in the sixth round.[2]
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in freestyle wrestling, and received a silver medal in lightweight.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Volmar Wikström". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Volmar Wikström Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling" Archived 20 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
External links
[edit]- Volmar Wikström at the International Wrestling Database
- Volmar Wikström at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1957 deaths
- People from Pargas
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Olympic wrestlers for Finland
- Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Southwest Finland
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish sport wrestler stubs