Adolf Lindfors Explained

Birth Date:8 February 1879
Birth Place:Porvoo, Finland
Death Date:5 May 1959 (aged 80)
Death Place:Porvoo, Finland
Height:177 cm
Weight:96 kg
Sport:Greco-Roman wrestling
Club:Porvoon Akilles
Show-Medals:yes

Adolf Valentin "Adi" Lindfors (8 February 1879 – 5 May 1959) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland.[1] He competed at the 1912, where we became injured and had to withdraw, and 1920 Olympics, where he won a gold medal, aged 41. [2]

Lindfors started seriously training in sports around 1900, and won Finnish titles in weightlifting in 1903–04 and in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1905, 1910 and 1913. He placed second at the 1911 World Championships. Back in 1902 he founded Porvoon Akilles and headed it from 1902 to 1912.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adolf Lindfors . Olympedia . 14 June 2021.
  2. Adolf Lindfors. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/adolf-lindfors-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .