Ivar Valentin Johansson (31 January 1903 – 4 August 1979) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

wrestler who competed at the

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 ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

and

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight and freestyle middleweight events. Four years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition.

Career

At the 1932 Olympics Johansson first competed as a freestyle middleweight. Despite being a favorite, he lost his first bout to

Kyösti Luukko Kyösti Luukko (February 17, 1903 – October 27, 1970) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist. He won the silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal ( sv, Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury le ...

. Johansson never competed at the world championships. At the European championships he won nine titles in 1931–1939, six in Greco-Roman and three int freestyle wrestling. Johansson grew up in a rural area near

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

, where he built his strength by manual labor at a farm. He then moved to Norrköping city to work as a police officer and then as a

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. The annual wrestling award "Ivars Guldsko" was established in Sweden in his honor after his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Ivar 1903 births 1979 deaths Sportspeople from Norrköping Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists