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{{Short description|Finnish wrestler (1893–1977)}}
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{{Infobox amateur wrestler
| name                = Arthur Lindfors
| image               = 
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| birth_date          = {{birth date|1893|3|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Porvoo]], [[Finland]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1977|9|21|1893|3|17|df=yes}}
| death_place         = Porvoo, Finland
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
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{{MedalSilver | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Middleweight]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Middleweight]] }}
}}

'''Arthur Richard Lindfors''' (17 March 1893 – 21 September 1977) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[wrestling|wrestler]] and Olympic medalist in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/arthur-lindfors-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/arthur-lindfors-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Arthur Lindfors |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57936 |title=Arthur Lindfors |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

==Olympics==
Lindfors competed at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] in [[Antwerp]] where he received a silver medal in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]], the ''middleweight'' class.<ref name=db-ol-WRE1920>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=7&sp=WRE "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826170455/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=7&sp=WRE |date=26 August 2007 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)</ref> He received a second silver medal at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]].<ref name=db-ol-WRE1924>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220103959/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE |date=20 February 2007 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IWD|name=Artur Richard Lindfors}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|arthur-lindfors}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:1893 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers for Finland]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Finnish male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Finland]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Porvoo]]
[[Category:Sport wrestlers from Uusimaa]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen]]


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