Volmar Wikström Explained

Volmar Wikström
Birth Date:27 December 1889
Birth Place:Pargas, Finland
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Volmar Wikström . Olympedia . 13 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Volmar Wikström Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/volmar-wikstrom-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2013-05-17 . sports-reference.com.
  3. http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE "1924 Summer Olympics  - Paris, France  - Wrestling"

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