Axel Grönberg
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Born |
9 May 1918 Norberg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
23 April 1988 (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BK Athén, Stockholm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald. Besides his Olympic medals he won a world title in 1950, three European Championship medals, as well as 16 national titles between 1944 and 1958.[2]
References
- ↑ Axel Grönberg. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Axel Grönberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
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