Back أبراهام كورلاند Arabic Abraham Kurland Catalan Abraham Kurland Danish Abraham Kurland German Abraham Kurland Spanish ابراهام کوئلند Persian Abraham Kurland French אברהם קורלנד HE Abraham Kurland Italian Abraham Kurland NB
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| Born | 10 June 1912 Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 1999 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | lightweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco Roman, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 12x Danish champion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Abraham Kurland," olympics.com.
- ^ "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat-uww-org.