Gottfrid Svensson
Appearance
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Born | 13 May 1889 Uppsala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 August 1956 (aged 67) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gottfrid Cervantius Svensson (13 May 1889 – 19 August 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.[1] He competed in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the freestyle lightweight contest in 1920. Earlier in 1913 he won a silver medal at the unofficial European Championships.[2][3]
Svensson represented Djurgårdens IF.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gottfrid Svensson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Gottfrid Svensson Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Gottfrid Svensson. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Gottfrid Svensson at the International Wrestling Database
- Gottfrid Svensson at Olympedia
- Gottfrid Svensson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
Categories:
- 1889 births
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- Olympic wrestlers for Sweden
- Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Uppsala
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- Djurgårdens IF wrestlers
- Swedish sport wrestler stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs