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Oswald Holmberg

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Oswald Holmberg
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's gymnastics
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Gymnastics team
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Gymnastics team,
Swedish system
Men's tug of war
Intercalated Games
Bronze medal – third place 1906 Athens Team

Torsten Oswald Magnus Holmberg (July 17, 1882 – February 11, 1969) was a Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor who participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908. In the 1912 Summer Olympics he won his second gold medal as member of the Swedish gymnastics team in the Swedish system event.

At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, he was a member of the Swedish tug of war team, which won the bronze medal.

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