Roland Krister Svensson (23 June 1945 – 20 March 2014) was a bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden who won a silver medal at the

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. He competed at the

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, but was eliminated in the second round. His father

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competed in the same event at the 1936 Olympics. After retiring from competitions Svensson worked as a coach with Finspångs AIK. In 1993 he was awarded the Frystadsmedal for his contributions to Swedish wrestling. He was a board member of the Swedish Wrestling Federation in the early 2000s.

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* 1945 births 2014 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Sport wrestlers from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub