Ansgar Løvold [SEP] country of citizenship
Ansgar Løvold
Ansgar Løvold (19 November 1888 – 12 November 1961) was a wrestler, butcher and philanthropist from Kristiansund, Norway. He is most known for participating at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for launching the idea for the Kristiansund and Frei Fixed Link.
Løvold started wrestling during his journeyman years while living in Oslo. He joined IF Ørnulf and became Norwegian Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1912. This qualified him to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but Løvold lost both his matches in the light heavyweight
operations until the slaughtering company closed in 1932. He then established Ansgar Kjøtt og Pølseforretning, which at first was located at Nordmør Landbruksforretning butafter two years moved to Massestretet. His store was destroyed in the bombings of the Norwegian Campaign during World War II, although rebuilt after the war. After he retired, the store was taken over by his sons.
Sports career.
It was during the journeyman years in Oslo that Løvold joined organized wrestling.
Wrestling in Kristiansund was first introduced by Løvold wrestling at circuses and town