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Bror Viking Palm (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009[1]) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960. In 1960 his bronze medal match against Anatoly Albul ended in a draw, but Albul had a lower body weight.[2] Palm won two medals at the world championships, in 1951 and 1954.[3]

Viking Palm

Personal information
Born	13 October 1923 Broby, Sweden
Died	19 January 2009 (aged 85) Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	GAK Enighet, Malmö Eslövs AIF BK Viking, Broby
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Light heavyweight World Championships 1951 Helsinki -87 kg 1954 Tokyo -87 kg European Championships 1949 Istanbul -87 kg

Palm was born to a farmer and started training in wrestling aged 16, together with his elder brother Evert. He had a long wrestling career and reached the final of his last national championships aged 47. He was a firefighter by profession, but in 1972 began working as a policeman in Solna.[4]

References

• Media related to Viking Palm at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Viking Palm

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[fr] Viking Palm

Viking Palm, né le 13 octobre 1923 et mort le 15 janvier 2009, est un lutteur suédois spécialiste de la lutte libre.

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[it] Viking Palm

Bror Viking Palm (Broby, 13 ottobre 1923 – Täby, 19 gennaio 2009) è stato un lottatore svedese, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Пальм, Викинг

Брур Викинг Пальм (швед. Bror Viking Palm; 13 октября 1923 (1923-10-13), Эстра-Брубю, лен Кристианстад (ныне лен Сконе), Швеция - 15 января 2009, Тебю, Стокгольм, Швеция) — шведский борец вольного стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр, призёр чемпионатов мира и Европы, десятикратный чемпион Швеции (1949—1958)[1].

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