1950 World Wrestling Championships
The 1950 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Stockholm, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... Medal table Medal summary Men's Greco-Roman ReferencesFILA Database{{WC FILA World Wrestling Championships W 1950 in sport wrestling 1950 in Swedish sport ...
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Stockholm
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Matti Simanainen
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International Wrestling Competitions Hosted By Sweden
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Adil Candemir
Adil Candemir (1917 – 12 January 1989) was a Turkish sport wrestler. He was born in Amasya. He won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling, middleweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... References External links * 1917 births 1989 deaths People from Amasya Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Turkish people of Circassian descent Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century Turkish people {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Gyula Bóbis
Gyula Bóbis (7 October 1909 – 24 January 1972) was a Hungarian heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1936 Olympics in the Greco-Roman and at the 1948 Olympics in the freestyle division and won a gold medal in 1948. He also won a silver medal at the 1950 World Championships and bronze medals at the 1937 and 1939 European championships. Bóbis was born in a family of eight siblings and later had five children himself, including the Olympic fencer Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (born 5 September 1945) is a retired Hungarian foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals. Her father Gyula Bóbis was an Olympic champion in wrestling. .... He worked for Hungarian railways and was an avid singer. While being a large and brave man he had a fear of mice. References 1909 births 1972 deaths Sportspeople from Kecskemét Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympi ...
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Bertil Antonsson
Hans Bertil August Antonsson (19 July 1921 – 27 November 2006) was a Swedish heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling and won silver medals in 1948 and 1952. In 1956 he entered the Greco-Roman contest instead and finished fifth. Antonsson took up wrestling at age 14, began competing aged 17, and retired at 47. Besides Olympic medals he won three world, two European and 24 national titles. At the 1953 World Greco-Roman Championships he dominated the reigning Olympic champion Johannes Kotkas Johannes Kotkas (3 February 1915 – 8 May 1998) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He held the European title in 1938, 1939 and 1947 and placed second at the 1953 world champio ..., who was 30 kg heavier than Antonsson; he won the world title and was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal later that year. In retirement, for many years Antonsson headed h ...
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Trygve Andersen
Trygve Byman (Andersen) (27 August 1909 – 13 November 1985) was a Norwegian sport wrestler. He was born in Gjedsjø in Ski and changed his name to Byman later in life.Biography of Trygve Andersen
He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the

Gyula Kovács (wrestler)
Gyula Kovács (28 August 1917 – 11 October 1986) was a Hungarian wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, wh .... References External links * 1917 births 1986 deaths Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Hungary Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bács-Kiskun County 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Muharrem Candaş
Muharrem Candaş (1921 – 19 October 2009) was a Turkish wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle light heavyweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Candaş was the flag bearer for Turkey in the opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.

Gyula Németi
Gyula Németi (30 June 1921 – 5 June 1970) was a Hungarian wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1921 births 1970 deaths Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Debrecen 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Ali Özdemir
Ali Özdemir (1923 – 22 April 2009) was a Turkish wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1923 births 2009 deaths Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Axel Grönberg
Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, and for sewage and drainage in plumbing systems.