Martin Johan Egeberg (7 December 1896 – 8 February 1977) was a

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sport wrestler Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced in collegiate, school, or other amateur level competitions. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Both styles are under the s ...

who competed in two Summer Olympics. He was born and died in

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, and represented the sports club

SK av 1909 Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing and amateur wrestling, and has had several Olympians on its books. History It was founde ...

. Competing in the featherweight division, he had success at the

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where he won a silver medal, and the 1927 European Wrestling Championships where he won a bronze. He also finished eighth at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and fourteenth at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. He took three Norwegian national titles between 1926 and 1928.

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* 1896 births 1977 deaths Sport wrestlers from Oslo Featherweight boxers Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Norway {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub