Jenny Fransson (born 17 July 1987 in Karlstad) is a female

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

from Sweden who participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the

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and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the 1/8 final she lost 1:3 to Wang Jiao, then in the repechage round Fransson lost to Ali Bernard from United States. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the second round, where she lost to Stanka Zlateva. In the repechage, she lost to Vasilisa Marzalyuk. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal, coming through the repechage. She won a gold medal at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal at the

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and

2008 European Wrestling Championships The 2008 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Tampere, Finland. The event took place from 1 April to 6 April 2008. Medal table Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle External linksOfficial website

. On February 3, 2020, it was announced that Jenny Fransson tested positive in a doping test for the illicit substance methyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid. This led to her being permanently removed from the 2020 Olympic squad and she was also excluded from the Swedish Olympic Committee's support program Top and Talent.

References

External links

Athlete bio on beijing2008.com
* Olympic wrestlers of Sweden Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swedish female sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Karlstad 1987 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Sweden 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub