Erik Malmberg (15 March 1897 – 9 May 1964) was a

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wrestler. He competed at the

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

and

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in Greco-Roman events and won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal, respectively. His younger brother Algost also took part in the 1928 Games, but as a freestyle wrestler. Malmberg was a businessman by trade.Eric Malmberg
Swedish Olympic Committee

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* 1897 births 1964 deaths Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub