Mauritz Olof Andersson (22 September 1886 – 1 November 1971) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He competed at the

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and

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and won a silver medal in 1908. Four years later he was eliminated in the fourth round.

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* 1886 births 1971 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gothenburg {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub