Bengt Fahlqvist
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Born | 15 April 1922 Helgesta, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 March 2004 (aged 81) Katrineholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Huddinge BK | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bengt "Falan" Fahlqvist (15 April 1922 – 7 March 2004) was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the freestyle light-heavyweight division in 1948 and finished sixth as a Greco-Roman heavyweight in 1952. He won the European freestyle title in 1946 by beating Fritz Stöckli in the final, but lost to Stöckli in the Olympic semifinal in 1948.[1][2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bengt Fahlqvist.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bengt Fahlqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Bengt Fahlkvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
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Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2004 deaths
- Olympic wrestlers of Sweden
- Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish sport wrestler stubs