Edvin Vesterby

Edvin Vesterby
Personal information
Born	23 October 1927 (age 96); Riguldi, Estonia
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games

Edvin Vesterby (born 23 October 1927) is a retired Swedish bantamweight wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling and won a Greco-Roman silver medal in 1956. He finished fourth in the freestyle in 1952 and in the Greco-Roman wrestling in 1960.^[1] He was born in Riguldi Parish (now Noarootsi Parish), Lääne County, Estonia into a Swedish-speaking family. In 1943 he emigrated to Sweden and started wrestling in 1947 in Stockholm.^[2]

Vesterby represented Djurgårdens IF.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edvin Vesterby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
^ "Edvin Vesterby". SOK.se. Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^ "Edvin Vesterby". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

External links[edit]

Edvin Vesterby at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
Edvin Vesterby at Olympics.com
Edvin Vesterby at ESBL (in Estonian)

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[sr-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edvin Vesterby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

[sok-2] "Edvin Vesterby". SOK.se. Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

[3] "Edvin Vesterby". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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