August Englas

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August Englas

Personal information

Born

15 January 1925

Pühajärve Parish, Estonia

Died

21 March 2017 (aged 92)

Medal record

Representing File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	1953 Naples	87 kg
Men's freestyle wrestling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	1954 Tokyo	87 kg

File:Heiki Nabi.jpg

August Englas and Heiki Nabi

August Englas (15 January 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union.^[1]

Englas was born in Pühajärve Parish (now part of Otepää Parish). In the 1952 Summer Olympics, after defeating Adil Atan, Shrirang Jadhav and Max Leichter, and losing against Henry Wittenberg and Viking Palm, he took fourth place.^[2] He won the gold medal at the 1953 and 1954 World Championships.

Awards

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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the White Star Fourth Class (1999)
Order of the Estonian Olympic Committee (2008)

References

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External links

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World Wrestling Champions in freestyle light heavyweight

1951: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Yaşar Doğu (TUR)
1954: File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg August Englas (URS)
1957: File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Petko Sirakov (BUL)
1959: File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)
1961: File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)
1962: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1963: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1965: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
1966: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1967: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
1969: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Gurevich (URS)
1970: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Strakhov (URS)
1971: File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Rusi Petrov (BUL)
1973: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1974: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1975: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1977: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Prokopchuk (URS)
1978: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Neupert (GDR)
1979: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Khasan Ortsuev (URS)
1981: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
1982: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Neupert (GDR)
1983: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Piotr Naniev (URS)
1985: File:Flag of the United States.svg Bill Scherr (USA)
1986: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1987: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1989: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1990: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1991: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1993: File:Flag of the United States.svg Melvin Douglas (USA)
1994: File:Flag of Iran.svg Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
1995: File:Flag of Iran.svg Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
2018: File:Flag of the United States.svg J'den Cox (USA)
2019: File:Flag of the United States.svg J'den Cox (USA)
2021: File:Flag of Iran.svg Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
2022: File:Flag of Iran.svg Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
2023: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
2024: File:White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)
2025: File:Flag of the United States.svg Trent Hidlay (USA)

1951–1961: 87 kg
1962–1967: 97 kg
1969–1995: 90 kg
2018–present: 92 kg

World Wrestling Champions in Greco-Roman light heavyweight

1921: File:Flag of Finland.svg Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)
1922: File:Flag of Finland.svg Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)
1950: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Muharrem Candaş (TUR)
1953: File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg August Englas (URS)
1955: File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
1958: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rostom Abashidze (URS)
1961: File:Flag of Hungary.svg György Gurics (HUN)
1962: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rostom Abashidze (URS)
1963: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rostom Abashidze (URS)
1965: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Anisimov (URS)
1966: File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Boyan Radev (BUL)
1967: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Yakovenko (URS)
1969: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Yurkevich (URS)
1970: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Rezantsev (URS)
1971: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Rezantsev (URS)
1973: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Rezantsev (URS)
1974: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Rezantsev (URS)
1975: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Rezantsev (URS)
1977: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frank Andersson (SWE)
1978: File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Stoyan Nikolov (BUL)
1979: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frank Andersson (SWE)
1981: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Kanygin (URS)
1982: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frank Andersson (SWE)
1983: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Kanygin (URS)
1985: File:Flag of the United States.svg Mike Houck (USA)
1986: File:Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Malina (POL)
1987: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Popov (URS)
1989: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Maik Bullmann (GDR)
1990: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Maik Bullmann (GDR)
1991: File:Flag of Germany.svg Maik Bullmann (GER)
1993: File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
1994: File:Flag of Russia.svg Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
1995: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Hakkı Başar (TUR)

1910: 85 kg
1911: 83 kg
1913–1922: 82.5 kg
1950–1961: 87 kg
1962–1967: 97 kg
1969–1995: 90 kg

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