Bertil Antonsson
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Full name | Hans Bertil August Antonsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 July 1921 Trollhättan, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 November 2006 (aged 85) Trollhättan, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trollhättans Atletklubb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hans Bertil August Antonsson (19 July 1921 – 27 November 2006) was a Swedish heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling and won silver medals in 1948 and 1952. In 1956 he entered the Greco-Roman contest instead and finished fifth.[1]
Antonsson took up wrestling at age 14, began competing aged 17, and retired at 47. Besides Olympic medals he won three world, two European and 24 national titles. At the 1953 World Greco-Roman Championships he dominated the reigning Olympic champion Johannes Kotkas, who was 30 kg heavier than Antonsson; he won the world title and was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal later that year.[2]
In retirement, for many years Antonsson headed his native club Trollhättans and refereed wrestling competitions. His brother Bengt and nephew Hans were also prominent wrestlers.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bertil Antonsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Bertil Antonsson". Swedish Olympic Committee.
External links
- Bertil Antonsson at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Bertil Antonsson at Olympics.com
- Bertil Antonsson at Olympedia
- Bertil Antonsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
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- 1951: Bertil Antonsson (SWE)
- 1954: Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)
- 1957: Hamit Kaplan (TUR)
- 1959: Lyutvi Ahmedov (BUL)
- 1961: Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)
- 1962: Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1963: Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1965: Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1966: Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1967: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1969: Shota Lomidze (URS)
- 1970: Vladimir Gulyutkin (URS)
- 1971: Shota Lomidze (URS)
- 1973: Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1974: Vladimir Gulyutkin (URS)
- 1975: Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)
- 1977: Aslanbek Bisultanov (URS)
- 1978: Harald Büttner (GDR)
- 1979: Ilya Mate (URS)
- 1981: Roland Gehrke (GDR)
- 1982: Ilya Mate (URS)
- 1983: Aslan Khadartsev (URS)
- 1985: Leri Khabelov (URS)
- 1986: Aslan Khadartsev (URS)
- 1987: Leri Khabelov (URS)
- 1989: Akhmed Atavov (URS)
- 1990: Leri Khabelov (URS)
- 1991: Leri Khabelov (URS)
- 1993: Leri Khabelov (RUS)
- 1994: Arawat Sabejew (GER)
- 1995: Kurt Angle (USA)
- 1997: Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
- 1998: Abbas Jadidi (IRI)
- 1999: Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
- 2001: Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)
- 2002: Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
- 2003: Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
- 2005: Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2006: Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2007: Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2009: Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2010: Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
- 2011: Reza Yazdani (IRI)
- 2013: Reza Yazdani (IRI)
- 2014: Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
- 2015: Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2017: Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2018: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2019: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2021: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF)
- 2022: Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2023: Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
- 1951–1961 : +87 kg
- 1962–1967 : +97 kg
- 1969–1995 : 100 kg
- 1997–2001 : 97 kg
- 2002–2013 : 96 kg
- 2014–present : 97 kg