Rudolf Svedberg

Rudolf Svedberg medal table
Rudolf Svedberg
Wrestler
Sweden
Olympic games
gold	1936 Berlin	Welter
European Championship
gold	1935 Copenhagen	Welter
silver	1938 Tallinn	Welter

Rudolf Svedberg (born August 19, 1910 in Njurunda , † June 24, 1992 in Eskilstuna ) was a Swedish wrestler.

Career

Rudolf Svedberg grew up in central Sweden, played football as a child and teenager and decided to wrestle at the age of 16 because he wanted to emulate the great idols Ivar Johansson and Rudolf Svensson . He belonged to the AIK Sundsvall and later Eskilstuna GAK. In 1934 he first won the Swedish welterweight championship, Greco-Roman. Style, the style he exclusively wrestled. In 1936 he became Olympic champion by defeating German favorite Fritz Schäfer . He won because he scored the stormy attacking shepherd cool and tactically clever. After 1936, however, he could no longer win a fight against Schäfer.

After the end of his active career, he was the Swedish national wrestler coach for years. Olle Anderberg , Gustav Freij , Bertil Antonsson and many others owe much of their great successes to him.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1931	2.	Intern. Tournament in Sundsvall	Welter	behind Jean Földeak , Germany
1934	2.	Intern. Tournament in Prague	Welter	behind Josef Herda u. before Josef Samec, bde. Czechoslovakia
1934	1.	Intern. Tournament in Stockholm	Welter	in front of Aarne Mäki , Finland and Ture Andersson , Sweden
1935	1.	EM in Copenhagen	Welter	with victories over Börge Jensen, Denmark , Karel Zvonar, Czechoslovakia , Zbigniew Szajewski, Poland , Fritz Schäfer , Germany and despite a defeat against Aarne Mäki , Finland
1936	1.	Intern. Tournament in Berlin	Welter	in front of Fritz Schäfer, Germany
1936	gold	OS in Berlin	Welter	with victories over Karel Zvonar, Lubat, France , Antun Fischer, Yugoslavia , Edgar Puusepp , Estonia , Eino Virtanen , Finland and Fritz Schäfer
1937	7th	EM in Paris	Welter	with victories over Eino Virtanen, Silvio Tozzi, Italy and defeats against Kare Larsen, Norway and Karel Zvonar
1938	2.	EM in Tallinn	Welter	with victories over Jespars, Latvia , Kare Larsen, Antti Mäki and one defeat against Fritz Schäfer
1939	4th	EM in Oslo	Welter	with a victory over Sörensen, Denmark and defeats against Eino Virtanen and Fritz Schäfer

National successes

Rudolf Svedberg was Swedish welterweight champion in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1944 and 1942 in the light heavyweight division

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Welterweight, back then up to 73 kg, light heavyweight up to 87 kg body weight

literature

• DOCUMENTATUIN of the FILA International Wrestling Championships, 1976,
• Trade magazine "Athletik" No. 6/34 and 31/32/36

Web links

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