Ivar Valentin Johansson (31 January 1903 – 4 August 1979) was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight and freestyle middleweight events. Four years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition.[1]
.jpg) Ivar Johansson in 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 January 1903 Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1979 (aged 76) Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | IK Björnen, Norrköping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 1932 Olympics Johansson first competed as a freestyle middleweight. Despite being a favorite, he lost his first bout to Kyösti Luukko. Yet he won his all other bouts by fall, while Luukko lost in the semifinals and finished second.[2] Two days later he was scheduled to compete as a Greco-Roman welterweight. For this purpose he shed five kilograms of bodyweight by fasting and sweating in a sauna, yet relatively easily won all four bouts.[3] Later the same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
Johansson never competed at the world championships. At the European championships he won nine titles in 1931–1939, six in Greco-Roman and three int freestyle wrestling.[1][4]
Johansson grew up in a rural area near Norrköping, where he built his strength by manual labor at a farm. He then moved to Norrköping city to work as a police officer and then as a wrestling coach. The annual wrestling award "Ivars Guldsko" was established in Sweden in his honor after his death.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Ivar Johansson Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Wrestling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Wrestling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Johansson, Ivar (SWE). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Ivar Johansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
edit- Ivar Johansson at the International Wrestling Database
- Ivar Johansson at Olympedia
- Ivar Johansson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)