Bernt Ã…ke Hedberg (14 December 1929 – 7 April 1971) was a Swedish
weightlifter
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. Competing in the middleweight division in 1952 he won the European title and placed sixth at the
Summer Olympics
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. Next year he moved to a lighter weight category and finished second at the European championships.
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1929 births
1971 deaths
Swedish male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Sweden
Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
People from Vansbro
Sportspeople from Dalarna County
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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