Kurt Elias

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameKurt•Elias
Used nameKurt•Elias
Born1 April 1928
AffiliationsW. A. C. Herkules, Wien (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Kurt Elias was an Austrian bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler who participated in the 1948 London Olympics. He lost his first-round bout to Norway’s Reidar Merli and then beat Argentina’s Elvidio Flamini before elimination by the eventual silver medallist Mahmoud Hassan from Egypt. Domestically, Elias wrestled with WAC Herkules Wien (Vienna).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Wrestling AUT Kurt Elias
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) AC