Anders Ahlgren

Anders Ahlgren

Ahlgren at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	12 February 1888 Malmö, Sweden
Died	27 December 1976 (aged 88) Malmö, Sweden
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	GAK Enighet, Malmö
Coached by	Iivari Tuomisto[2]
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Light heavyweight World Championships 1911 Helsinki -83 kg 1913 Breslau +82.5 kg 1922 Stockholm +82.5 kg

Anders Oscar Ahlgren (12 February 1888 – 27 December 1976) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He was a world champion in 1913 and finished second in 1911 and 1922.^[3]

At the 1912 Olympics Ahlgren won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class. In a remarkable final, he wrestled for nine hours against Ivar Böhling, before the bout was declared a draw. The judges refused to award a gold medal, and gave silver medals to both wrestlers.^[4]

Ahlgren was coached by Iivari Tuomisto, a Finnish heavyweight wrestler.^[1][2] Besides wrestling Ahlgren was involved in the production of canned food and co-owned a mink farm.^[5]

References

1. Nio timmars brottningsmatch. Swedish Olympic Committee (1 January 2015)
2. Leif Yttergren; Hans Bolling (2012). The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7864-7131-7.
3. "Anders Ahlgren". sports-reference.com.
4. Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Middleweight B, Greco-Roman. sports-reference.com
5. Anders Ahlgren. Swedish Olympic Committee

External links

• Olympic profile

Anders Ahlgren winning against Béla Varga at the 1912 Olympics