Bengt Lindblad

Bengt Olof Lindblad (born August 26, 1925 in Vassända-Naglum, Vänersborg, † March 7, 1993 in Trollhättan ) was a Swedish wrestler . He was an Olympian in 1952 and 1956 and a 15-time Swedish wrestling champion.

Career

Bengt Lindblad was a member of the Trollhättans AnthletenKlub (AK) sports club throughout his wrestling career . During this career he won in both styles (Greco-Roman and freestyle) no less than 15 Swedish championship titles in middleweight and light heavyweight . It is noteworthy that he was already 44 years old when he won his last Swedish championship title in 1969.

In 1952 he represented Sweden at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in free style in the middleweight division. He won there in his first fight with 2: 1 judges votes over Dawit Tschimakuridze from the Soviet Union . In his second fight he lost to György Gurics from Hungary with the same result. In his third fight he won, again with 2-1 judges' votes, over the American Dan Hodge . According to the rules of the time, Bengt Lindblad had to accept 3 missing points for his defeat against Gurics and for each of his two point wins he received one missing point. He had 5 missing points after the third round and was eliminated. He defeated Dawit Tschimakuridze and György Gurics, who again lost to Tschimakuridze, had more luck than Lindblad, because they each had a bye and thus remained in the competition. Tschimakuridze even won the gold medal and Gyurics the bronze medal .

In 1956, Bengt Lindblad also started at the Olympic Games in Melbourne . Again in free style in the middleweight division, Bengt Lindblad first defeated Hermanus van Zyl from South Africa, was then shouldered by Johann Sterr from Germany , defeated the Indian B. Sing and lost to Nikola Stantschew from Bulgaria and ended up in 7th place.

At other international championships (world or European championships) Bengt Lindblad was not at the start.

Swedish championships

Bengt Lindblad was the Swedish Middleweight Champion in 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1969 light heavyweight championships. In the Greco-Roman style, he won this title in 1954 and 1955 in middleweight and 1959 in light heavyweight

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games
• His Olympic participation took place in free style
• Medium weight, then up to 79 kg, light heavy weight up to 87 kg body weight (until 1961); thereafter middle weight up to 87 kg and light heavy weight up to 97 kg body weight

literature

• Athletics magazine
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, 1976
• Anniversary volume Svenska Brottning 100 år, 2009, ISBN 978-91-633-4730-6

Web links

• Bengt Lindblad in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Bengt Lindblad on the Swedish Olympic Committee website