Ejnar Hansen Explained

Ejnar Hansen
Nationality:Danish
Sport:Wrestling
Birth Date:20 December 1898
Birth Place:Guldborgsund, Denmark
Death Place:Copenhagen, Denmark

Ejnar Hansen (20 December 1898  - 26 March 1947) was a Danish wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Einar Hansen then achieved the best result of his career at the 1930 European Championship in Stockholm. There he defeated the German champion Willi Müller and Alfred Teaearu from Estonia and only lost to Carl Westergren from Sweden. These results brought him 2nd place and winning the silver medal in a light heavyweight.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ejnar Hansen Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ejnar-hansen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 17 February 2019.
  2. Web site: emmanuel . Athletes & Results . 2022-09-15 . United World Wrestling . en.