Hjalmar Eemil Nyström (28 March 1904 – 6 December 1960) was a

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heavyweight wrestler who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics. He placed tenth in

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in 1924 and won a silver medal in

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in 1928. At the 1936 Olympics he won a freestyle bronze and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman contest. At the European championships he won three silver medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1930, 1931 and 1935 and a freestyle bronze in 1934. Domestically, Nyström won ten titles, all in Greco-Roman wrestling, in 1924, 1926–28, 1930–31, 1935–37 and 1939. Nyström worked as a steam locomotive fireman and later as a train driver.Hjalmar Nyström
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* 1904 births 1960 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Swedish-speaking Finns Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub