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Adolf Lindfors

1879 - 1959

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Adolf Valentin "Adi" Lindfors (8 February 1879 – 5 May 1959) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1912, where we became injured and had to withdraw, and 1920 Olympics, where he won a gold medal, aged 41. Lindfors started seriously training in sports around 1900 and won Finnish titles in weightlifting in 1903–04 and in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1905, 1910, and 1913. He placed second at the 1911 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Lindfors is the 129th most popular wrestler (up from 147th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Adolf Lindfors ranks 129 out of 1,027. Before him are Kurt Pettersén, Drew McIntyre, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Ted DiBiase, Axel Grönberg, and Kevin Owens. After him are Ivan Yarygin, Natalya Neidhart, Yrjö Saarela, Lou Thesz, AJ Lee, and Eino Leino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Adolf Lindfors ranks 175. Before him are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Pierre Cérésole, Benjamin Christensen, Cyril Scott, and Will Rogers. After him are Martin Mutschmann, Émile Nelligan, Agnes Miegel, Rudolf Friml, Henri Tauzin, and Mazo de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1959, Adolf Lindfors ranks 147. Before him are Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, Pierre Frieden, Sténio Vincent, G. D. H. Cole, and Benjamin Christensen. After him are Nazik al-Abid, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Antonio Campolo, Preston Sturges, Francis de Miomandre, and Ruben Lagus.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Adolf Lindfors ranks 262 out of 751. Before him are Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Nils Torvalds (1945), Alexi Laiho (1979), and Matti Salminen (1945). After him are Timo Mäkinen (1938), Teemu Sippo (1947), Janne Ahonen (1977), Teemu Selänne (1970), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), and Yrjö Saarela (1884).

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Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Adolf Lindfors ranks 6. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Verner Weckman (1882), Kalle Anttila (1887), and Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902). After him are Yrjö Saarela (1884), Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Arvo Haavisto (1900), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920).

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