Svalöv
Svalöv () is a locality and the seat of Svalöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,633 inhabitants in 2010. It is around north of Malmö.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Svalöv:
* Svalövs BK
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) is an amateur Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a silver medal for the super heavyweight division at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships in
Vilnius, Lithuania
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, and two bronze medals at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships in
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Herning, Denmark
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2008 Summer Olympics
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, after winning the championship title at the World Qualification Tournament in
Novi Sad
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Serbia
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. He first defeated Poland's Marek Mikulski, and Azerbaijan's Anton Botev in the first two preliminary rounds. Sjoberg eventually upset
Dremiel Byers
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Moscow, Russia
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, with a surprising tactical score of 5–2, and a classification point score of 3–1, in the quarterfinal match. Following a defeat for Byers, Sjöberg fought against, and thereby lost to Cuba's Mijaín López, who emerged as the top favorite for this category, in the semi-final match, without receiving a technical score. Sjöberg qualified for the bronze medal bout, but finished in fifth place, after being defeated by Armenia's Yuri Patrikeyev, who scored three closing points in the last period to claim a medal.