Per Berlin
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| Full name | Per Gunnar Börje Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1921 Södra Sandby, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 December 2011 (aged 90) Landskrona, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eskilstuna GAK, Champigny-sur-Marne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Per Gunnar Börje Berlin (1 August 1921 – 22 December 2011) was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 73 kg freestyle and Greco-Roman categories. He won a freestyle silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and a Greco-Roman bronze in 1956.[1][2] He received another bronze medal at the 1949 European Championships, and three times finished fourth in freestyle wrestling: at the 1951 and 1954 world championships and at the 1956 Olympics.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Per Berlin". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Per Berlin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Per Berlin. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Per Berlin at the International Wrestling Database
- Per Berlin at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Per Berlin at Olympedia
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