Edvard Westerlund

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Edvard Westerlund

Personal information

Born

1 February 1901

Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

Died

7 December 1982 (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
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Gold medal – first place	1924 Paris	75 kg
Bronze medal – third place	1928 Amsterdam	67.5 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	1922 Stockholm	75 kg
Bronze medal – third place	1921 Helsinki	67.5 kg
European championships
Silver medal – second place	1933 Helsinki	79 kg

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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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

World Wrestling Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight

1921: Oskari Friman (FIN)
1922: Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
1950: File:Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg József Gál (HUN)
1953: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Freij (SWE)
1955: File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Grigory Gamarnik (URS)
1958: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Rıza Doğan (TUR)
1961: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Avtandil Koridze (URS)
1962: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Kazım Ayvaz (TUR)
1963: File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stevan Horvat (YUG)
1965: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Sapunov (URS)
1966: File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stevan Horvat (YUG)
1967: Eero Tapio (FIN)
1969: File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Simion Popescu (ROM)
1970: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Roman Rurua (URS)
1971: File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Sreten Damjanović (YUG)
1973: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
1974: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nelson Davidyan (URS)
1975: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
1977: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
1978: File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ștefan Rusu (ROM)
1979: File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Andrzej Supron (POL)
1981: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Ermilov (URS)
1982: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Ermilov (URS)
1983: Tapio Sipilä (FIN)
1985: File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ștefan Negrișan (ROM)
1986: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
1987: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aslaudin Abaev (URS)
1989: File:Flag of Germany.svg Claudio Passarelli (FRG)
1990: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Islam Dugushiev (URS)
1991: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Islam Dugushiev (URS)
1993: File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Islam Dugushiev (RUS)
1994: File:Flag of Russia.svg Islam Dugushiev (RUS)
1995: File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
1997: File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg Son Sang-pil (KOR)
1998: File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
1999: File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg Son Sang-pil (KOR)
2001: File:Flag of Cuba.svg Filiberto Azcuy (CUB)
2002: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Samuelsson (SWE)
2003: File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)
2005: File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Gergov (BUL)
2006: File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Yanyan (CHN)
2007: File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Farid Mansurov (AZE)
2009: File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Farid Mansurov (AZE)
2010: File:Flag of Russia.svg Ambako Vachadze (RUS)
2011: File:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Abdevali (IRI)
2013: File:Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Han-su (KOR)
2014: File:Flag of Serbia.svg Davor Štefanek (SRB)
2015: File:Flag of Germany.svg Frank Stäbler (GER)
2017: File:Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Han-su (KOR)
2018: File:Flag of Russia.svg Artem Surkov (RUS)
2019: File:Flag of Cuba.svg Ismael Borrero (CUB)
2021: File:Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI)
2022: File:Flag of Serbia.svg Mate Nemeš (SRB)
2023: File:Flag of Cuba.svg Luis Orta (CUB)
2025: File:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Esmaeili (IRI)

1921–1922: 67.5 kg
1950–1961: 67 kg
1962–1967: 70 kg
1969–1995: 68 kg
1997–2001: 69 kg
2002–2017: 66 kg
2018–present: 67 kg

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