Oskari Friman

{{Short description|Finnish wrestler (1893–1933)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|1|27|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Vahviala, Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1933|10|19|1893|1|27|df=yes}}

|death_place = Viipuri, Finland

|sport=Greco-Roman wrestling

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|club=Viipurin Voimailijat

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 1920 Antwerp |Featherweight}}

{{MedalGold| 1924 Paris |Lightweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1921 Helsinki |67.5 kg}}

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Oskar David "Oskari" Friman (27 January 1893 – 19 October 1933) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won gold medals in lightweight categories at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and 1921 World Championships. Nationally he collected eleven Finnish titles, in 1915–1924 and 1928.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/oskari-friman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180331/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/oskari-friman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Oskari Friman |publisher=Sports Reference}}

Friman took up wrestling in 1908, and by 1915 became one of the best Finnish lightweight wrestlers, together with his clubmate Emil Väre. Because of World War I, he started competing internationally only at the 1920 Olympics, where he dropped to featherweight to avoid meeting Väre. Väre retired soon after that, and Friman returned to lightweight. During those years he worked as a butcher and tinsmith, but later, when he became famous and retired from competitions, he was hired as head coach of the Finnish and Swedish national wrestling teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57872 |title=Oskari Friman |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}