Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler)
Swedish wrestler (1922–2017)
![]() Nilsson (center) at the 1948 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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)
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Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1972
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980
Norbert Növényi (HUN)
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Steve Fraser (USA)
- 1988
Atanas Komchev (BUL)
- 1992
Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1996
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
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- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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