Jimmy Fredrik Samuelsson (born 7 November 1976) is a retired
Swedish
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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 ...
.
He was born in
Norrtälje
Norrtälje is a locality and the seat of Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 17,275 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the largest towns in Roslagen.
History
Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 225 ...
, and represented the sports club
Spårvägens IK. At the World Championships he finished fourth in
2001 (69 kg), won the gold medal in
2002 (69 kg), finished eighth in
2005 (69 kg), fifteenth in
2006 (69 kg) and tenth in
2007 (69 kg). He finished fourth at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
.
At the European Championships he finished fourth in
2001 (69 kg), fourteenth in
2004 (66 kg), fifth in
2005 (66 kg) and nineteenth in
2007 (74 kg).
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References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Swedish male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Sweden
21st-century Swedish people
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