Anton Koolmann

Anton Koolmann (September 11, 1899 – June 29, 1953) was a wrestler and coach from Kuusalu Parish, Estonia who took part at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

1924 after winning Estonian Greco-Roman wrestling championships he participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France:

Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (-58 kg):* First round – defeated French champion Georges Appruzeze flagIOCteam|FRA|1924 Summer by fall 13min 10s.:* Second round – lost to 1932 Summer Olympics champion Giovanni Gozzi flagIOCteam|ITA|1924 Summer with points.:* Third round – lost to 1921 world champion and later flagIOCteam|FIN|1924 Summer with points. (→ did not advance, 13.-16. place)Men's freestyle featherweight (-61 kg) :* 1/8 Final round – lost to later flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer:* Tournament to 2nd place - First round – lost to later flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer. (→ did not advance, 10. place)

After Olympics he didn`t return to home, but arrived, according to The Estonian Archives in Australia (EAA), February 16 1925 from Campbeltown to Adelaide, Australia on the four-masted Barque "Carthpool" (Sister ship of "Lawhill"). October 15 1928 he moved to New Zealand and got citizenship in 1933.

1934 he wrestled against former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gus "The Goat" Sonnenberg.

Late 30's, he trained many New Zealand wrestling champions in his Koolman`s Gym in Wellington. Among them Ernie "Kiwi" Kingston and from 1951 Maori professional heavyweight wrestler Keita Meretana of Wairoa.

He died suddenly in his home at age 53 in Wellington, New Zealand.

port achievements

References

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* [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0603/S00491.htm A little piece of San Francisco in Wellington!] - former Koolman`s Wrestling Gym in 171 Cuba Street, Wellington

External links

* [http://fighttimes.com/magazine/magazine.asp?article=711 Koolman's Correct Wrestling - Plates 45-48, series reprinted from an early wrestling book]
* [http://fighttimes.com/magazine/magazine.asp?article=22 Koolman's Correct Wrestling - Plates 57 and 58]
* [http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Jutepolis(1891).html Four-masted barque "Carthpool"]
* [http://www.racingandsports.com.au/breeding/breedingfeatures.asp?f=FeatureArticles-BlackonTax Anton Koolmann`s descendants]
* [http://www.koolman.com.au Family business]