Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler)
Swedish wrestler (1922–2017)
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Born | 4 January 1922 (1922-01-04) Stehag, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 December 2017 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | GAK Enighet, Malmö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017)[1] was a light-heavyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold (in 1948) and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships.[2][3] He died in December 2017.[4]
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- 1908:
Verner Weckman (FIN)
- 1912: no winner
- 1920:
Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1924:
Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1928:
Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)
- 1932:
Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936:
Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948:
Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
- 1952:
Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)
- 1956:
Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
- 1960:
Tevfik Kış (TUR)
- 1964:
Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1968:
Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1972:
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976:
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980:
Norbert Növényi (HUN)
- 1984:
Steve Fraser (USA)
- 1988:
Atanas Komchev (BUL)
- 1992:
Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1996:
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
- 1908: 93 kg
- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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