Frithiof Mårtensson
(Redirected from Frithiof Martensson)
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| Born | 19 May 1884 Eslöv, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 June 1956 (aged 72) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 73 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | IK Sparta, Malmö | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson (19 May 1884 – 20 June 1956) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden.[1] He won the middleweight contests at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the unofficial 1909 European Championships in Malmö.[2][3]
After 1909 Mårtensson moved to Copenhagen for training as a dental technician and in 1913 to the United States. Two years later he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1956.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Frithiof Mårtensson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Frithiof Mårtensson Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Frithiof Mårtensson. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links[edit]
- Frithiof Mårtensson at the International Wrestling Database
- Frithiof Mårtensson at Olympedia
- Frithiof Mårtensson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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