Axel Cadier

Axel Vilhelm Teodor Cadier (13 September 1906 – 29 October 1974) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively.^[1][2]

Axel Cadier

Personal information
Born	13 September 1906 Varberg, Sweden
Died	29 October 1974 (aged 68) Gothenburg, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Club	Borås AK
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Greco-Roman 87 kg 1932 Los Angeles Greco-Roman 79 kg World Championships 1933 Helsinki Greco-Roman 79 kg 1935 Copenhagen Greco-Roman 87 kg 1937 Munich Freestyle 87 kg 1938 Tallinn Greco-Roman 87 kg 1935 Brussels Freestyle 87 kg

Cadier first trained in swimming and boxing, but changed to wrestling at the age 21. Besides his Olympic medals he won four European and 11 national titles in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling (1934–1942; 6 in Greco-Roman, 5 in freestyle). In the 1940s–1950s he wrestled professionally in North America. After that he trained the Norwegian national team and worked as an instructor at the French State Sports Institute.^[1][2]