Thure Sjöstedt
![]() Sjöstedt at the 1928 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ture Sigvard Sjöstedt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 August 1903 Yngsjö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 May 1956 (aged 52) Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BK Kärnan, Limhamn, Malmö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ture Sigvard "Thure" Sjöstedt (28 August 1903 – 2 May 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.
Career
In freestyle wrestling, he won a gold and a silver medal in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics, respectively, as well as a European title in 1934. He finished second at the 1927 European Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
In the mid-1930s Sjöstedt turned professional and toured the United States with teammate Johan Richthoff. He later developed alcoholism problems and was eventually found dead in his garden cottage.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b Thure Sjöstedt. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ Thure Sjöstedt. Swedish Olympic Committee
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- 1920
Anders Larsson (SWE)
- 1924
Jack Spellman (USA)
- 1928
Thure Sjöstedt (SWE)
- 1932
Peter Mehringer (USA)
- 1936
Knut Fridell (SWE)
- 1948
Henry Wittenberg (USA)
- 1952
Viking Palm (SWE)
- 1956
Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)
- 1960
İsmet Atlı (TUR)
- 1964
Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1968
Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1972
Ben Peterson (USA)
- 1976
Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1980
Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
- 1984
Ed Banach (USA)
- 1988
Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1992
Makharbek Khadartsev (EUN)
- 1996
Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
- 1920: 80 kg
- 1924–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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