Olof Peder "Olle" Tandberg (10 October 1918 – 26 December 1996) was a Swedish heavyweight boxer.
He was the European amateur boxing champion between 1937 and 1939.
Biography
Tandberg was born in
Stockholm,
Sweden on 10 October 1918. He represented
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
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[ During his career he had 30 fights, winning 23 (11 by KO), losing 6 (1 by KO), and drawing 1. He fought in the 1936 ]Berlin Olympics
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Art Oliver. He lost in the second round of competition to Hungarian Ferenc Nagy
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on TKO in the 5th round. He died in Stockholm on 26 December 1996.
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1918 births
1996 deaths
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Sweden
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
European Boxing Union champions
Swedish male boxers
Boxers from Stockholm
20th-century Swedish people
Djurgårdens IF boxers