World Wrestling Championships
Unknown Venue
Helsinki, Finland
Turkish Grapplers Take Six Titles
Turkish wrestlers, winning six of eight titles, dominated the World Amateur Free-Style Wrestling Championships. The remaining two titles went to Sweden. SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times, Monday, April 30, 1951.
GALLERY
Freestyle (FS)
Teams
Participating Teams
Finland [FIN]
Iran [IRI]
Italy [ITA]
Sweden [SWE]
Turkey [TUR]
West Germany [FRG]
Team Scores
Turkey [TUR] 41, Sweden [SWE] 35, Finland [FIN] 27, Iran [IRI] 25,
Individuals
Place Winners
52
➊
Ali Yucel
(Turkey)
➋
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi
(Iran)
➌
Bengt Johansson
(Sweden)
57
➊
Nasuh Akar
(Turkey)
➋
Niilo Turkkila
(Finland)
➌
Mehdi Yaghoubi
(Iran)
62
➊
Nurettin Zafer
(Turkey)
➋
Ilmari Ruikka
(Finland)
➌
Henry Holmberg
(Sweden)
67
➊
Olle Anderberg
(Sweden)
➋
Garibaldo Nizzola
(Italy)
➌
Ibrahim Zengin
(Turkey)
73
➋
Aleksanteri Keisala
(Finland)
➌
Abdollah Mojtabavi
(Iran)
➊
Celal Atik
(Turkey)
79
➊
Haydar Zafer
(Turkey)
➋
Gholamreza Takhti
(Iran)
➌
Gote Ekstrom
(Sweden)
87
➊
Yasar Dogu
(Turkey)
➌
Max Leichter
(WG)
➋
Viking Palm
(Sweden)
HWT
➊
Bertil Antonsson
(Sweden)
➋
Pauli Riihimaki
(Finland)
➌
Natale Vecchi
(Italy)
HISTORY
36 Known Events
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