Edil Albert Rosenqvist (11 December 1892 – 14 September 1973) was a

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and Olympic medalist in

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Olympics

Rosenqvist competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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where he received a silver medal in

, the ''light heavyweight'' class."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 August 2008) At the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

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he received a silver medal in the ''heavyweight'' class."1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)

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* 1892 births 1973 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Uusimaa 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub