Abraham Kurland

Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist wrestler. 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.

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 Kurland was Jewish, and was born in Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark.

He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports Club, København/Bagsværd.

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

Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49.

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

At the 1934 European Wrestling Championships Kurland won a gold medal in Greco-Roman, and a bronze medal in freestyle. However, he declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany.