Edvin Vesterby

{{Short description|Swedish wrestler (born 1927)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 October 1927}}

| birth_place = Riguldi, Estonia

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| height = 163 cm

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| sport = Greco-Roman wrestling

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| club = Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm

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{{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne |Bantamweight}}

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Edvin Vesterby (born 23 October 1927) is a retired Swedish bantamweight wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling and won a Greco-Roman silver medal in 1956. He finished fourth in the freestyle in 1952 and in the Greco-Roman wrestling in 1960. He was born in Riguldi Parish (now Noarootsi Parish), Lääne County, Estonia into a Swedish-speaking family. In 1943 he emigrated to Sweden and started wrestling in 1947 in Stockholm.

Vesterby represented Djurgårdens IF.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60137 |title=Edvin Vesterby |work=Olympedia |access-date=25 March 2023}}

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{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/edvin-vesterby-1.html |title=Edvin Vesterby |access-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101005116/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/edvin-vesterby-1.html |archive-date=1 January 2012}}

{{cite web |url=http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/e/edvin-vesterby.html |title=Edvin Vesterby |website=SOK.se |publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee |access-date=13 February 2016}}

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