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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
olympic wrestling
Since early Olympic, wrestling is
considered as
a great sports event. An interesting and distinctive means has been
adopted to show wrestler Oskari Friman's outstanding ability to take his
opponents unawares in the standing position. This style of wrestling won
him the gold medal both in the 1920 Olympics (featherweight) and in the
1924 Olympics (lightweight).
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
On the occasion of the holding of the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, "Athens 2004" the Hellenic Post Office issued a set of six stamps devoted to the Games of the 28th Olympiad. The central feature of the emblem is the olive branch, which forms the wreath awarded to the Olympic victors in ancient times. Out of six stamps, only four stamps shown here.
Olympic Stories Lot-3
- Statue of Pentathlete
- Olympic Music
- Misha - the Mascot
- Nadia Komaneci
- First Olympic Swimmer
- Fencing Hero of Cuba
- Paavo Nurmi
- Olympic Wrestling
- Olympic Walking Race
- Olympic Long Jump
- Jesse Owens
- 1st Winter Oly Winner
- Laszlo Papp-the Boxer
- Bob Mathias
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
[26/08/2008] Unique feature of 2008 Olympic stamps of Australia More…
