Jan Kårström

January Kårström (December 6, 1944 in Bromma ) is a former Swedish wrestler, European vice-champion in 1969 and more time Olympian in Greco- Roman style.

Career

Jan " Källe " Kårström began as a teenager with the rings. He was a member of Västerås Brottningsklubb and focused entirely on the Greco- Roman style. At a size of 1.74 meters, he struggled for a long time welterweight (up to 78 kg body weight) and from 1969, according to a weight class reform by the International Wrestling Federation ( FILA ), middleweight ( up to 82 kg body weight).

His international career began in 1965 with a start at the World Championships in Tampere. As an internationally relatively inexperienced young wrestler he came here welterweight to draw against the Americans and the Japanese Katsusuke Russell Camilleri Ota. In his third fight he lost to the Turks Sirri Acar, so he left and landed on the 10th Place.

Also at the European Championships 1967 in Minsk he was welterweight again from a good figure. He rang again twice "Draw" ( Sandor Kovacs against Hungary and against Matti Laakso from Finland), but lost again. In his third fight against the Yugoslavs Nenadić Milan, which he had to retire again, finishing in 13th place At the World Championships the same year in Bucharest January Kårström then surprisingly won his first medal. He won there over Jimmy Martinetti from Switzerland and Antal Rizmayer from Hungary and fought against the multiple world champion Viktor Igumenow from the USSR undecided. But in his second final battle, he was defeated by the experienced Rudolf Vespers from East Germany, who had in turn lost to Igumenow. January Kårström came so behind Igumenow and Vespers on the 3rd place.

In the 1968 European Championship in the domestic Västerås January Kårström missed welterweight with the 4th place just a medal, but he had defeated with Ion Ţăranu from Romania, Milan Nenadić and Daniel Robin from France three world-class athletes. The medal cost him the "Draw" verlaufenen struggles against Matti Laakso and Vladislav Iwlew from the USSR, for he thus retired before reaching the final round.

Good fights he gave then also at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. He remained there unbeaten in four fights. He triumphed over Jimmy Martinetti and Adam Ostrowski from Poland and fought draw against Milan Nenadić and Sirri Acar. He had thus but "6" exceeded the allowed number of penalties from which he retired again before the finals and came 6th place.

1969 went to Jan Kårström when held in March World Championship in Mar del Plata in the middleweight division a very good 4th place. He succeeded there though only a victory over the Americans Philip Wells, against Omar Bliadse from the USSR, Milan Nenadić and Petar Krumow from Bulgaria, so all athletes from the very strong in rings Eastern bloc countries, he wrestled a draw. A great success landed Jan Kårström at the European Championships in 1969 in Modena at middleweight. He was there after three victorious battles and a defeat against Milan Nenadić and a disqualification ( both wrestlers were because of " passivity " disqualified ) in the fight against Matti Laakso Vice-European Champion.

At the European Championships in 1970 in East Berlin in January Kårstöm occupied again the thankless fourth place. He had Daniel Robin and Rudolf Menzi defeated from Switzerland. Against Milan Nenadić, its duration opponents in international championships, he lost and was in the battle against the Bulgarians Dimitar Mantschorow again disqualification of both wrestlers for passivity.

The following international championships to Kårström then could no longer placed among the ten best wrestlers. At the World Cup 1970 in Edmonton, he came on the 11th place in the World Cup 1971 in Sofia he wrestled among others Kiril Dimitrov draw against Bulgaria, but was defeated by Reinhold Hucker from the FRG, which he had come to 10th place in the final and the 1972 European Championship in Katowice, where he wrestled, among others draw against Peter Nettekoven from the FRG, it passed again only for the 11th Place.

His international career he decided then at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. He wrestled well and won again against Reinhold Hucker on points and fought against Frank Hartmann from the GDR undecided. But in his third fight he met the reigning world champion Csaba Hegedus from Hungary, against whom he defeated on points which he retired and finished 10th. Csaba Hegedus was Olympic champion and awarded as the best wrestler of the entire Olympic tournament.

International success

Note: all contests in Greco -Roman style, welterweight until 1968-78 kg thereafter until 74 kg, medium weight until 1968-87 kg thereafter up to 82 kg, light heavyweight until 1968-97 kg thereafter up to 90 kg Heavyweight, from 1969 up to 100 kg body weight

Swell

• Documentiation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
• Journal athletics,
• Website of the Swedish National Olympic Committee