Gösta Frändfors

Gösta Frändfors

Frändfors in 1947
Personal information
Born	25 November 1915 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	8 August 1973 (aged 57) Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Club	Huddinge BK Brandkårens IK, Stockholm
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Freestyle 61 kg 1948 London Freestyle 67 kg European Championships 1937 Munich Freestyle 66 kg 1946 Stockholm Freestyle 67 kg 1947 Prague Greco-Roman 67 kg

Gösta Valdemar Jönsson (later Frändfors, 25 November 1915 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the featherweight and lightweight freestyle divisions, respectively. He won three more medal at the European championships of 1937–1947, competing in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.^[1] In 1947, after becoming the European champion in the Greco-Roman 67 kg division, he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

He was born Gösta Valdemar Jönsson, and in 1941 changed his last name to Frändfors. He retired from competitions in October 1950, and in 1951 played the a minor role in the film Spöke på semester.^[2]

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