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Axel Cadier Edit Profile

amateur wrestler

Axel Vilhelm Teodor Cadier was a Swedish wrestler.

Career

Cadier first trained in swimming and boxing, but changed to wrestling at the age 21. In the 1940s–1950s he wrestled professionally in North America. After that he trained the Norwegian national team and worked as an instructor at the French State Sports Institute.

Achievements

  • He competed in Greco-Roman events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively. Besides his Olympic medals he won four European and 11 national titles in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling (1934–1942. 6 in Greco-Roman, 5 in freestyle).