Frithiof Mårtensson
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| Born |
19 May 1884 Eslöv, Sweden | |||||||||
| Died |
20 June 1956 (aged 72) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||
| Club | IK Sparta, Malmö | |||||||||
Medal record
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Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson (19 May 1884 – 20 June 1956) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won the middleweight contests at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the unofficial 1909 European Championships in Malmö.[1][2]
After 1909 Mårtensson moved to Copenhagen for training as a dental technician and in 1913 to the United States. Two years later he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1956.[2]
References
- ↑ Frithiof Mårtensson. sports-reference.com
- 1 2 Frithiof Mårtensson. Swedish Olympic Committee
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