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Catalan literature

(Encyclopedia) Catalan literature, like the Catalan language, developed in close connection with that of Provence. In both regions the rhymed songs of the troubadours flourished as an art form from…

Men's Olympic Cross Country Skiing

Multiple gold medals (including relays): Bjorn Daehlie (8); Thomas Alsgaard (5), Sixten Jernberg, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg and Nikolai Zimyatov (4); Veikko Hakulinen, Eero Mäntyranta,…

1912 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Event   Featherweight (-132 1/4 lb) Kaarlo Koskelo, FIN   Georg Gerstacker, GER   Otto Lasanen, FIN Lightweight (-148 3/4 lb) Eemel Väre, FIN   Gustaf Malmström, SWE…

1928 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners

Event   Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) Kaarlo Mäkinen, FIN   Edmond Spapen, BEL   James Trifunov, CAN Featherweight (-134 1/2 lb) Allie Morrison, USA   Kustaa Pihlajamäki,…

1932 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners

Event   Bantamweight (-123 1/4 lb) Robert Pearce, USA   Ödön Zombori, HUN   Aatos Jaskari, FIN Featherweight (-134 1/4 lb) Hermanni Pihlajamäki, FIN   Edgar Nemir, USA…

Rotterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) RotterdamRotterdamrŏtˈərdămˌ, Dutch rôtərdämˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 598,521), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River near its mouth on the North Sea…

Summer 1912 Olympics Leading Medal Winners

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No   Sport G-S-B 6 Louis Richardet, SWI Shooting 4-2-0 5 Wilhelm Carlberg…