Gottfrid Svensson

{{Short description|Swedish wrestler (1889–1956)}}

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|birth_date= 13 May 1889

|birth_place= Uppsala, Sweden

| death_date = 19 August 1956 (aged 67)

| death_place =Stockholm, Sweden

| relatives = {{ubl|Jesper Turkulainen (great grandnephew)}}

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|sport=Freestyle wrestling

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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalSilver|1920 Antwerp | Lightweight}}

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Gottfrid Cervantius Svensson (13 May 1889 – 19 August 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60129 |title=Gottfrid Svensson |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=13 June 2021}} He competed in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the freestyle lightweight contest in 1920. Earlier in 1913, he won a silver medal at the unofficial European Championships.

Svensson represented Djurgårdens IF.

References

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[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sv/gottfrid-svensson-1.html Gottfrid Svensson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017095832/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sv/gottfrid-svensson-1.html |date=17 October 2012 }}. Sports Reference

[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gottfrid-svensson.html Gottfrid Svensson]. Swedish Olympic Committee

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