Jalmar Sjöberg

Jalmar Leonard Sjöberg (born March 31, 1985 in Teckomatorp ) is a former Swedish wrestler .

Jalmar Sjöberg (red) in action against Dremiel Byers at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games .

As a junior he became world champion in 2005. In the same year, the 1.90 meter tall heavyweight moved to the seniors. In April 2007 he was third at the European Championships , where he only had to admit defeat to the eventual winner Chassan Barojew from Russia.

successes

• 2005, 21st place at the World Wrestling Championships 2005 in Budapest , Greco-Roman Wrestling (GR), after a defeat against Yekta Yilmaz Gül
• 2006, 15th place at the European Championships in Moscow , GR, after a loss to Xenofon Koutssioubas
• 2006, 5th place at the World Wrestling Championships 2006 in Guangzhou (Canton), GR, after victories over Ralf Böhringer and David Vála , and defeats against Chassan Barojew and Sergei Artjuchin
• 2007, 3rd place at the European Wrestling Championships 2007 in Sofia , GR, after victories over Revaz Chelidze , Mindaugas Mizgaitis and Gyula Branda and a defeat against Chassan Barojew
• 2007, 18th place at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku , GR, after defeats against David Vala and Chassan Barojew and a victory over Nico Schmidt
• 2008, 11th place at the European Wrestling Championships 2008 in Tampere , GR, after a win over Vladimir Guralski and a loss to Oleksandr Tschernetskyj
• 2008, 5th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , GR, after victories over Marek Mikulski , Anton Botev and Dremiel Byers and defeats against Mijaín López and Juri Patrikejew
• 2009, 2nd place at the European Wrestling Championships 2009 in Vilnius , GR, up to 120 kg
• 2009, 3rd place at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning , GR, up to 120 kg

Web links

• Profile of Jalmar Sjöberg at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Jalmar Sjöberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )