Gustav Freij
![]() Gustav Freij in 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 17 March 1922 Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 August 1973 (aged 51) Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | IK Sparta, Malmö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl Gustav Herbert Freij (17 March 1922 – 4 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight (−67 kg) category at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and finished in first, second and third place, respectively.[1] He missed the 1956 Games due to an injury.[2]
After retiring from competitions Freij worked at the Allhems printing plant in Malmö. He died of ALS, aged 51.[2][3] A memorial wrestling tournament is held in Sweden in his honor. His nephew Leif Freij also became an Olympic wrestler.[2]
References
External links
- Gustav Freij at the International Wrestling Database
- Gustav Freij at Olympedia
- Gustav Freij at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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- 1908
Enrico Porro (ITA)
- 1912
Emil Väre (FIN)
- 1920
Emil Väre (FIN)
- 1924
Oskari Friman (FIN)
- 1928
Lajos Keresztes (HUN)
- 1932
Erik Malmberg (SWE)
- 1936
Lauri Koskela (FIN)
- 1948
Gustav Freij (SWE)
- 1952
Shazam Safin (URS)
- 1956
Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN)
- 1960
Avtandil Koridze (URS)
- 1964
Kazım Ayvaz (TUR)
- 1968
Muneji Munemura (JPN)
- 1972
Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
- 1976
Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
- 1980
Ștefan Rusu (ROM)
- 1984
Vlado Lisjak (YUG)
- 1988
Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
- 1992
Attila Repka (HUN)
- 1996
Ryszard Wolny (POL)
- 2000
Filiberto Azcuy (CUB)
- 2004
Farid Mansurov (AZE)
- 2008
Steeve Guénot (FRA)
- 2012
Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR)
- 2016
Davor Štefanek (SRB)
- 2020
Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI)
- 1908: 66.5 kg
- 1912–1928: 67.5 kg
- 1932–1936: 66 kg
- 1948–1960: 67 kg
- 1964–1968: 70 kg
- 1972–1996: 68 kg
- 2000: 69 kg
- 2004–2016: 66 kg
- 2020–present: 67 kg
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