George Hackenschmidt

Estonia

Also known as

Georg Hackenschmidt · The Russian Lion

Description

Estonian-born strongman and wrestler, trained from 1898 at Vladislav Krajewski's athletic club in Saint Petersburg. A leading European champion around 1900, he worked the music halls of Paris, London and Vienna and lost twice to Frank Gotch (1908, 1911).

Teachers (1)

  • Vladislav Krajewski
    sports_martial_artsWrestling Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1898–1901)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “In 1898, Hackenschmidt trained at Krajewski's and was supported by Count Georges de Ribeaupierre.”
    — George Hackenschmidt - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “In March 1901, Hackenschmidt suffered the death of his mentor Krajewski, whom he considered his second father.”
    — George Hackenschmidt - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“Popular turn-of-the-century European wrestling champions included George Hackenschmidt (1878–1968) and Stanley Zbyszko (Stanislaw Cyganiewicz, 1879–1967).”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
George Hackenschmidt - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMWG9E5WZ70FHEJDTN
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Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). George Hackenschmidt. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMWG9E5WZ70FHEJDTN - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JVVMHMWG9E5WZ70FHEJDTN, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {George Hackenschmidt}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMWG9E5WZ70FHEJDTN}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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