- Arvid Andersson (weightlifter)
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Olympic medal record Competitor for Sweden Men's weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships Gold 1947 Helsinki Featherweight Gold 1949 The Hague Lightweight World Weightlifting Championships Gold 1946 Paris Featherweight Bronze 1949 Scheveningen Lightweight Olov Arvid Andersson (19 May 1919 – 20 September 2011) was a Swedish weightlifter who competed at two editions of the summer Olympic Games. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he placed 13th in a field of 23 competitors in the men's featherweight event and 12th among 24 participants in the lightweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Born in Sunne, Sweden, he was a member of Kristinehamns ABK and won gold medals at the 1947 and 1949 editions of the European Weightlifting Championships in the feather and lightweight categories respectively. He captured an additional gold medal at the 1946 World Weightlifting Championships in the featherweight tournament and a bronze medal at the 1949 edition in the lightweight category.[1] He was awarded the 1946 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal for his victory at the World Championships.[2] He died on 20 September 2011 in Kristinehamn at the age of 92.[3]
References
- ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans, Bill Mallon, and Hilary Evans (23 March 2011). "Arvid Andersson Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/arvid-andersson-3.html. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "Bragdmedaljörer genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet (Schibsted). 2010-11-19. http://www.svd.se/sport/bragdguldet/bragdmedaljorer-genom-tiderna_485089.svd. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "Arvid ‘Strong Arvid’ Andersson, a 1946 world weightlifting champion from Sweden, dies at 92". The Washington Post. 2011-09-21. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/arvid-strong-arvid-andersson-a-1946-world-weightlifting-champion-from-sweden-dies-at-92/2011/09/21/gIQAvPGYkK_story.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
Categories:- 1919 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Sunne Municipality
- Swedish weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Sweden
- Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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