Olle Anderberg

Olle Anderberg

Personal information
Born	13 September 1919 Asmundtorp, Sweden
Died	26 September 2003 (aged 84) Linköping, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Club	Eskilstuna GAK, Eskilstuna Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1948 London Greco-Roman -62 kg 1952 Helsinki Freestyle -67 kg World Championships 1950 Stockholm Greco-Roman 62 kg 1951 Helsinki Freestyle 67 kg 1953 Naples Greco-Roman 62 kg 1954 Tokyo Freestyle 67 kg European Championships 1946 Stockholm Freestyle 62 kg 1947 Prague Greco-Roman 62 kg 1949 Istanbul Freestyle 62 kg

Olle Henrik Martin Anderberg (13 September 1919 – 26 September 2003) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in freestyle and Greco-Roman events and won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1948 and a gold in the freestyle lightweight in 1952. Between 1942 and 1962 Anderberg won three world, two European and 27 national titles.^[1][2]

Anderberg's father Frans and brother Gunnar played football in the Swedish premier division. Olle tried football too, but had a much better career in wrestling, both as a competitor and a coach. He worked with the national teams of Finland, Turkey and Iran (1957–1960), and was personally known to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.^[2]

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