Thure Sjöstedt
Appearance
![]() Sjöstedt at the 1928 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ture Sigvard Sjöstedt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 August 1903 Yngsjö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 May 1956 (aged 52) Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BK Kärnan, Limhamn, Malmö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ture Sigvard "Thure" Sjöstedt (28 August 1903 – 2 May 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.
Career
[edit]In freestyle wrestling, he won a gold and a silver medal in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics, respectively, as well as a European title in 1934. He finished second at the 1927 European Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
In the mid-1930s Sjöstedt turned professional and toured the United States with teammate Johan Richthoff. He later developed alcoholism problems and was eventually found dead in his garden cottage.[1][2]
References
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