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'''Abraham Kurland''' (June 10, 1912 – March 14, 1999) was a Danish [[Amateur wrestling|wrestler]].<ref name="google1">{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists |author=Taylor, Paul |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=2004 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&pg=PA235&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+kurland&hl=en&ei=OCOdTuIZqvDSAaDs7KoJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jews%20and%20the%20Olympic%20Games%22%20kurland&f=false |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref>
'''Abraham Kurland''' (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist [[Amateur wrestling|wrestler]].<ref name="google1">{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists |author=Taylor, Paul |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=2004 |isbn=9781903900888 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+kurland&pg=PA235 |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49, won a [[silver medal]] in lightweight [[Greco Roman wrestling]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Olympics]] and a gold medal in lightweight at the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]], won a gold medal at the [[1934 European Wrestling Championships]] in Greco-Roman and a bronze medal in freestyle, and won a silver medal at the [[1935 European Wrestling Championships]].<ref name="auto">[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/abraham-kurland "Abraham Kurland,"] olympics.com.</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://whatsmat-uww-org.translate.goog/daten.php?spid=B7780612C13544A9BAD812A2D135E899&_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=International Wrestling Database|website=whatsmat-uww-org}}</ref>


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Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]]. However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in [[Nazi Germany]].
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Kurland was Jewish, and was born in [[Odense]], [[Syddanmark]], Denmark.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/abraham-kurland-1.html |title=Abraham Kurland Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports club, [[København]]/[[Bagsværd]], [[København]].<ref name="sports-reference1" /><ref name="newenglishreview1">{{cite news |url=http://www.newenglishreview.org/Norman_Berdichevsky/The_Golden_Calf_Idols_of_the_World_Cup,_The_Olympics,_and_What_Happened_in_Berlin,_1936/ |title=The Golden Calf Idols of the World Cup, The Olympics, and What Happened in Berlin, 1936 |author=Norman Berdichevsky |publisher=Newenglishreview.org |date= |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref>


==Biography==
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He won a silver medal in lightweight [[Greco Roman wrestling]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Olympics]] in Los Angeles, after being narrowly defeated for the gold medal.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="google2">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA57&dq=abraham+kurland&hl=en&ei=wiadTsmlOIHd0QGMjpmjCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=abraham%20kurland&f=false |title=The Olympics at the millennium: power, politics, and the games |author=Sidonie Smith |publisher= |year=2000 |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref>
Kurland was Jewish, and was born in [[Odense]], [[Syddanmark]], Denmark.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/abraham-kurland-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082429/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/abraham-kurland-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Abraham Kurland Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref>


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He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, [[København]]/[[Bagsværd]].<ref name="sports-reference1" /><ref name="newenglishreview1">{{cite news |url=http://www.newenglishreview.org/Norman_Berdichevsky/The_Golden_Calf_Idols_of_the_World_Cup,_The_Olympics,_and_What_Happened_in_Berlin,_1936/ |title=The Golden Calf Idols of the World Cup, The Olympics, and What Happened in Berlin, 1936 |author=Norman Berdichevsky |work=New English Review |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828093918/https://www.newenglishreview.org/Norman_Berdichevsky/The_Golden_Calf_Idols_of_the_World_Cup,_The_Olympics,_and_What_Happened_in_Berlin,_1936/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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He was the favorite to win a gold medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]], but declined to participate because it was taking place in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="newenglishreview1" /><ref name="google2" /> In the 1948 games Kurland participated in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], at the age of 45.<ref name="newenglishreview1" />

In 1928, at 16 years of age, Kurland became Hakoah's first [[Copenhagen]] bantamweight champion.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://hakoah.dk/noget-af-hakoahs-historiske-fortid/|title=NOGET AF HAKOAHS HISTORISKE FORTID &#124; Jif Hakoah|website=hakoah.dk}}</ref>

Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49.<ref name="auto"/>

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He won a [[silver medal]] in lightweight [[Greco Roman wrestling]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Olympics]] in Los Angeles, at 20 years of age, after being [[Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight|narrowly defeated for the gold medal]].<ref name="google1" /><ref name="google2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&dq=abraham+kurland&pg=PA57 |title=The Olympics at the millennium: power, politics, and the games |author=Sidonie Smith |year=2000 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=9780813528205 |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref>

At the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]], Kurland won a gold medal in the lightweight category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport-record.de/organizations/maccabiah.html|title=Maccabiah Games before World War II|website=sport-record.de}}</ref>

At the [[1934 European Wrestling Championships]] Kurland won a gold medal in Greco-Roman, and a bronze medal in freestyle.<ref name="auto"/> At the [[1935 European Wrestling Championships]] he won a silver medal in Greco-Roman.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/>

Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]].<ref name="newenglishreview1" /><ref name="google2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idraetshistorie.dk/temaer/dansk-tysk-idraetssamarbejde/i-ringen-med-hitler/|author= Nina Skyhøj Olsen|title=I ringen med Hitler|website=idraetshistorie.dk}}</ref> However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="google1"/>

In 1943 during World War II, Kurland fled to Sweden on a fishing boat from [[Gilleleje]] to [[Hoganas]] with a group Danish-Jewish wrestlers, and they stayed with the families of Swedish wrestlers.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

In 1945 he returned to Denmark.<ref name="auto"/> Kurland worked there as a coach from 1948-62.<ref name="auto"/>

After the war, at the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]] in London, Kurland competed in lightweight [[Greco Roman wrestling]] at 36 years of age, and [[Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight|came in ninth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=67445&L=1|title=Abraham Kurland - Olympic Facts and Results|website=olympiandatabase.com}}</ref><ref name="newenglishreview1" />


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Jews in sports#Wrestling|List of select Jewish wrestlers]]
* [[List of Jews in sports#Wrestling|List of select Jewish wrestlers]]
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*[[List of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling]]
*[[List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners]]


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 8 June 2024

Abraham Kurland
Personal information
Born(1912-06-10)10 June 1912
Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
Died14 March 1999(1999-03-14) (aged 86)
Resting placeMosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads
Sport
Country Denmark
Sportwrestling
Weight classlightweight
Event(s)Greco Roman, freestyle
ClubHakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd
Achievements and titles
National finals12x Danish champion
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1932 Los Angeles Greco-Roman, Lightweight
European Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1934 Stockholm Greco Roman
Silver medal – second place 1935 Brussels Greco Roman
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Stockholm Freestyle
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Palestine Greco-Roman, Lightweight

Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist wrestler.[1] Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49, won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics and a gold medal in lightweight at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, won a gold medal at the 1934 European Wrestling Championships in Greco-Roman and a bronze medal in freestyle, and won a silver medal at the 1935 European Wrestling Championships.[2][3]

Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany.

Biography

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Kurland was Jewish, and was born in Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark.[1][4]

He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd.[4][5]

In 1928, at 16 years of age, Kurland became Hakoah's first Copenhagen bantamweight champion.[6]

Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49.[2]

He won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, at 20 years of age, after being narrowly defeated for the gold medal.[1][7]

At the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, Kurland won a gold medal in the lightweight category.[8]

At the 1934 European Wrestling Championships Kurland won a gold medal in Greco-Roman, and a bronze medal in freestyle.[2] At the 1935 European Wrestling Championships he won a silver medal in Greco-Roman.[2][3]

Kurland was the favorite to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics.[5][7][9] However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany.[1]

In 1943 during World War II, Kurland fled to Sweden on a fishing boat from Gilleleje to Hoganas with a group Danish-Jewish wrestlers, and they stayed with the families of Swedish wrestlers.[2][6]

In 1945 he returned to Denmark.[2] Kurland worked there as a coach from 1948-62.[2]

After the war, at the 1948 Olympics in London, Kurland competed in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at 36 years of age, and came in ninth.[10][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Abraham Kurland," olympics.com.
  3. ^ a b "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat-uww-org.
  4. ^ a b "Abraham Kurland Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Norman Berdichevsky. "The Golden Calf Idols of the World Cup, The Olympics, and What Happened in Berlin, 1936". New English Review. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b "NOGET AF HAKOAHS HISTORISKE FORTID | Jif Hakoah". hakoah.dk.
  7. ^ a b Sidonie Smith (2000). The Olympics at the millennium: power, politics, and the games. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813528205. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Maccabiah Games before World War II". sport-record.de.
  9. ^ Nina Skyhøj Olsen. "I ringen med Hitler". idraetshistorie.dk.
  10. ^ "Abraham Kurland - Olympic Facts and Results". olympiandatabase.com.
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