Martin Lidberg

Martin Lidberg (born 1 February 1973, in Farsta in the south of Stockholm) is a highly decorated Swedish wrestler. He is a world champion, two-time European champion as well as 19-time Swedish champion. He has competed in the olympics three times (last time in Athens). In 2007 he won Let's Dance 2007 in Sweden together with his dancing partner Cecilia Ehrling, defeating Tobbe Blom, host of Idol 2005. Lidberg and Ehrling represented Sweden in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007, where they placed 14th.

Lidberg defeated MMA fighter Dan Henderson at the 1996 olympics.

In the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he failed to qualify for the Wrestling semi-finals when he was beaten by Russian wrestler Gogi Koguashvili. He decided to retire from wrestling after the 2004 Olympics were over.

Accomplishments

Greco-Roman Wrestling

2004 Gold medal (96 kg) - European championships
2003 Gold medal (96 kg) - World championships
2000 Gold medal (85 kg) - European championships
2000 Sixth place - the Olympics
1999 Fifth place - World championships
1999 Silver medal - European championships
1998 Bronze medal - European championships
1998 Bronze medal - World championships
1997 Fourth place - World championships
1996 Sixth place - the Olympics

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Preceded by Måns Zelmerlöw & Maria Karlsson	Let's Dance winner Season 2 (2007 with Cecilia Erling)	Succeeded by Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson

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