Richard Voliva

Richard Lawrence "Dick" Voliva ( born October 18, 1912 in Bloomington, Indiana, † November 2, 1999 in Amherst, Massachusetts) was an American wrestler and coach. He was winner of the silver medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin in free style at middleweight.

Career

Dick Voliva grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and began in high school ( high school) with the rings there. He learned, as then in high schools usual, only the free style. At the beginning of the 1930s he was twice high-school masters of Indiana welterweight. Later, he attended Indiana University. Here he devoted himself to the rings and finished in 1933 at the NCAA ( us-amerik. University Sports Association ) Collegiate Championships Welterweight 2nd place and in 1934 the first place.

1936 Dick Voliva won the U.S. Olympic qualification for the Olympic Games in Berlin at middleweight. In Berlin he wrestled very successful and won with five wins the silver medal. In the battle for the gold medal he lost to the more experienced Frenchman Émile Poilvé on points.

After these Olympics, Dick moved to Montclair State University in New Jersey, where he became Ringer coach. This office he held for over 25 years very successfully. For his contributions to the sport wrestler he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1984.

International success

1936, Silver Medal, The Olympic Games in Berlin, Freestyle, Middleweight (up to 79 kg body weight), and with victories over Karam Rasul, India, Jan van der Merwe, South Africa, Ahmet Kireççi, Turkey, Kyosti Luukko, Finland and Ernst Krebs, Switzerland a defeat against Émile Poilvé, France

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