August Englas
Estonian wrestler (1925–2017)
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Representing  Soviet Union | ||
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 | 1953 Naples | 87 kg |
| Men’s freestyle wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1954 Tokyo | 87 kg |
August Englas (15 January 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]
Englas was born in Otepää. In the 1952 Summer Olympics, after defeating Adil Atan, Shrirang Jadhav and Max Leichter, and losing against Henry Wittenberg and Viking Palm, he took fourth place.[2] He won the gold medal at the 1953 and 1954 World Championships.
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the White Star Fourth Class (1999)
- Order of the Estonian Olympic Committee (2008)
References
- ^ ERR (21 March 2017). "Suri kahekordne maadluse maailmameister August Englas". err.ee. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "August Englas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
External links
- August Englas at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- August Englas at Olympedia
- August Englas at Olympics.com
- August Englas at ESBL (in Estonian)
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World Champions in freestyle light heavyweight (92 kg)
- 1951:
Yaşar Doğu (TUR) - 1954:
August Englas (URS) - 1957:
Petko Sirakov (BUL) - 1959:
Gholamreza Takhti (IRI) - 1961: Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)
- 1962:
Aleksandr Medved (URS) - 1963: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1965: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1966: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1967: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1969: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1970: Gennady Strakhov (URS)
- 1971:
Rusi Petrov (BUL) - 1973: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1974: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1975: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1977: Anatoly Prokopchuk (URS)
- 1978:
Uwe Neupert (GDR) - 1979: Khasan Ortzev (URS)
- 1981: Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
- 1982: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1983: Petr Naniev (URS)
- 1985:
Bill Scherr (USA) - 1986: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1987: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1989: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1990: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1991: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1993: Melvin Douglas (USA)
- 1994:
Rasoul Khadem (IRI) - 1995: Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
- 2018: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2019: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2021: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2022: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2023:
Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
- 1951–1961 : 87 kg
- 1962–1967 : 97 kg
- 1969–1995 : 90 kg
- 2018–present : 92 kg
World Champions in Greco-Roman light heavyweight (90 kg) | |
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