Jan Karlsson (wrestler)
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Born | 15 November 1945 Trollhättan, Sweden | (age 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trollhättans Atletklubb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan Egon Karlsson (born 15 November 1945) is a retired Swedish wrestler, who often competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions at the same championships. In this way he won two medals each at the 1972 Olympic Games and 1973 World Senior Championships. He remains the last wrestler to win a medal in both styles in the same Olympics Games.[1][2]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan Karlsson (wrestler). |
- ^ Jan Karlsson. sports-reference.com
- ^ Karlsson, Jan (SWE). iat.uni-leipzig.de
External links[]
- Jan Karlsson at United World Wrestling
- Jan Karlsson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Jan Karlsson at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Olympic wrestlers of Sweden
- Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish sport wrestler stubs