Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Erich (-Eric)•Fincsusz (-Finchley) |
Used name | Erich•Fincsusz |
Born | 22 December 1912 in Wien (Vienna), Wien (AUT) |
Died | November 1976 in ? (USA) |
Affiliations | SC Hakoah Wien, Wien (AUT) |
NOC | Austria |
Austrian wrestler Erich Fincsusz took part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He lost his first bout in the Greco-Roman featherweight division, losing to the eventual silver medallist from Finland, Aarne Reini. As a Jew, Fincsusz fled to the United States during World War II and took the American name Eric Finchley.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1936 Summer Olympics | Wrestling | AUT | Erich Fincsusz | |||
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) |