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    Glíma (anglicised as Glima) is an Icelandic sport for combat and is categorised as Nordic folk wrestling. The most common form of glima describe players...
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  • Glíma (Icelandic wrestling) was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1908 and 1912. Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011)....
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    Sölvi Pétursson, Ari Gunnarsson, Páll Logason and Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð. Glíma is a form of wrestling, thought to have originated with Vikings, that is...
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    (4)  Shooting (18)  Tennis (8)  Tug of war (1)  Wrestling (5) Baseball, glima and Gotland sports were unofficial demonstration sports. This was also the...
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    population is generally quite active. The main traditional sport in Iceland is Glíma, a form of wrestling thought to have originated in medieval times. Popular...
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    successful takedowns and throws. Grappling is a major part of combat glima and Løse-tak sport glima, and the fight continues on the ground if both combatants end...
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    Chess (2000) Cycle polo (1908) Fire fighting (1900) Gaelic football (1904) Glima (1908, 1912) Gotland sports (1912) Hurling (1904) Indian sports (1936) Kaatsen...
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    throwing, building and testing physical strength through wrestling (see glima), fist fighting, and stone lifting. In areas with mountains, mountain climbing...
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  • Tadeusz Glimas (17 February 1925 – 13 May 1969) was a Polish footballer. He played in four matches for the Poland national football team from 1950 to 1952...
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     Wrestling Wrestling Freestyle (5) Wrestling Greco-Roman (4) Cycle polo, glima and pistol dueling were demonstration sports. All England Club Fencing Hurlingham...
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  • left foot, to magically ensure victory in bouts of Icelandic wrestling (glíma). Ginfaxi Hólastafur To open hills. Kaupaloki To prosper in trade and business...
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    The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was the first above-average season since 1997 which produced twenty-five tropical cyclones, with nineteen named storms...
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    wrestling styles practiced nationwide there for much of the 19th century. Glíma, the national sport of Iceland and traces its history to the Vikings and...
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  • team. These were: Władysław Gędłek, Tadeusz Parpan, Henryk Bobula, Tadeusz Glimas, Edward Jabłoński and Czesław Rataj. These years were full of ups and downs...
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    Pelivan Bokh Buriad bokh Bukh noololdoon Gorës Gushtingiri Gouren Barróg Glima Naban Dumog Alysh Khridoli Chidaoba Kurash Khuresh Tegumi Kene Malakhra...
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  • 1883 – 4 October 1968), also known as Jóhannes á Borg , was an Icelandic Glíma champion, circus performer and hotel owner. He was known for travelling...
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  • well known athlete in Iceland, he was part of a group selected to showcase Glíma at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Axel was born in Sauðárkrókur to merchant Kristján...
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  • 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-27. Yttergren, Leif (2018-11-16). "Baseball, glima and Gotlandic sport : An analysis of the demonstration sports in the 1912...
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  • Movement. p. 142. ISBN 9780810875227. Yttergren, Leif (2018-11-16). "Baseball, glima and Gotlandic sport : An analysis of the demonstration sports in the 1912...
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  • Vala Flosadóttir Track and field 2013 Jóhannes Jósefsson Glíma 2013 Sigurjón Pétursson Glíma 2013 Albert Guðmundsson Football 2013 Kristín Rós Hákonardóttir...
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  • swimming 1, water polo 1 1948 1952 2 Jón Halldórsson  Iceland M athletics 1, glima 1 1912 1912 1 Joachim Halupczok  Poland M road cycling 1, track cycling...
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  • Icelandic release depict men dressed for the Icelandic national sport of Glima. "Little Talks" was released as the debut single by the band, and the lead...
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    pails of water and assisting his foster father on seal hunts. He took up Glima, a traditional Icelandic form of wrestling, at the age of five and later...
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  • Collar-and-elbow Collegiate wrestling Cornish wrestling Devon wrestling Dumog Glima Gouren Kurash Lancashire wrestling Malla-yuddha Mongolian wrestling Pehlwani...
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    Þingvellir, a Glíma competition in the honor of King Frederik VIII of Denmark's visit to Iceland. He was one of seven Icelanders who showcased Glíma at the 1908...
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    the Pacific Northwest. The tournament includes longsword, singlestick, glima, and one rotating weapon which is changed every year. The location of the...
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  • Ólafsson, Jóhann Hjartarson, Margeir Pétursson, and Jón Loftur Árnason. Glíma is a form of wrestling that is still practiced in Iceland, thought to have...
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  • 1921 1925 Piotr Giza MF 5 0 2005 2006 Kamil Glik DF 103 6 2010 — Tadeusz Glimas DF 4 0 1950 1952 Michał Gliwa GK 1 0 2011 2011 Arkadiusz Głowacki DF 29...
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    2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-02-04. Yttergren, Leif (2018-11-16). "Baseball, glima and Gotlandic sport : An analysis of the demonstration sports in the 1912...
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