Abraham Kurland

Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish wrestler.
Kurland was Jewish, and was born in Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark. He was affiliated with the Hakoah Jewish Sports club, København/Bagsværd, København.
He won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, after being narrowly defeated for the gold medal.
He was the favorite to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics, but declined to participate because it was taking place in Nazi Germany. In the 1948 games Kurland participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics, at the age of 45.