Fred Oberlander
Fred B. Oberlander was an Austrian born wrestler who represented Great Britain and Canada. He competed at 1948 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Oberlander was born in Vienna, Austria. After winning the World Championships in 1935, Oberlander was offered a chance to compete for Austria at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, but declined.Living in England at the time, he fought in Cornish wrestling tournaments in the 1940s and represented Great Britain as the wrestling team captain at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. He was an eight-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at heavyweight from 1939 to 1945 and 1948.
Oberlander later emigrated to Canada, where he founded the Canadian Maccabi Association. He won a silver medal in wrestling at the 1950 Maccabiah Games, and the heavyweight wrestling title at the 1953 Maccabiah Games and was named Outstanding Jewish World Athlete.
Oberlander was named to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.