Gottfrid Cervantius Svensson (13 May 1889 – 19 August 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.
He competed in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling at the
1912 and
1920 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the freestyle lightweight contest in 1920. Earlier in 1913 he won a silver medal at the unofficial European Championships.
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Svensson represented ]Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
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1889 births
1956 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Sweden
Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Swedish male sport wrestlers
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Uppsala
20th-century Swedish people
Djurgårdens IF wrestlers
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