Abraham Kurland won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics. He was favored to win the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, but refused to participate because the Olympics were in Nazi Germany. He won gold at the Maccabiah Games in 1932, gold at the European Championships in 1934 and silver at the 1935 European Championships. Kurland was Denmark’s national champion 12 times between 1932 and 1949.
