Carl Westergren
Swedish wrestler (1895–1958)
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Born | (1895-10-13)13 October 1895 Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 1958(1958-08-05) (aged 62) Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | + 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | IK Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl "Calle" Oscar Westergren (13 October 1895 – 5 August 1958) was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] He won gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1920, 1924 and 1932; in 1924 he also finished sixth in freestyle wrestling.[2]
In Greco-Roman wrestling Westergren also won the world middleweight title in 1922, as well as three European titles in different weight classes: middleweight in 1925, light-heavyweight in 1930, and unlimited in 1931. He worked as a bus driver and had two elder brothers who also trained in wrestling. He later became a keen pigeon breeder.[2][3]
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- Carl Westergren at the International Wrestling Database
- Carl Westergren at Olympedia
- Carl Westergren at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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- 1908:
Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE)
- 1912:
Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1920:
Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1924:
Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
- 1928:
Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1932:
Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1936:
Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1948:
Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1952:
Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1956:
Givi Kartozia (URS)
- 1960:
Dimitar Dobrev (BUL)
- 1964:
Branislav Simić (YUG)
- 1968:
Lothar Metz (GDR)
- 1972:
Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
- 1976:
Momir Petković (YUG)
- 1980:
Gennady Korban (URS)
- 1984:
Ion Draica (ROM)
- 1988:
Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS)
- 1992:
Péter Farkas (HUN)
- 1996:
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2000:
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2004:
Aleksey Mishin (RUS)
- 2008:
Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
- 2012:
Alan Khugaev (RUS)
- 2016:
Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)
- 2020:
Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
- 2024:
Semen Novikov (BUL)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1912–1928: 75 kg
- 1932–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016: 85 kg
- 2020–present: 87 kg