Viking Palm

{{Short description|Swedish wrestler (1923–2009)}}

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|image =Viking Palm SOK.jpg

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|birth_date= 13 October 1923

|birth_place= Broby, Sweden

| death_date = 19 January 2009 (aged 85)

| death_place = Täby, Stockholm, Sweden

| height = 181 cm

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|sport=Freestyle wrestling

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|club=GAK Enighet, Malmö
Eslövs AIF
BK Viking, Broby

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{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 1952 Helsinki |87 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1951 Helsinki| 87 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|1954 Tokyo| 87 kg}}

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{{MedalSilver|1949 Istanbul| 87 kg}}

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Bror Viking Palm (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009{{Cite web |url=http://www.vt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?articleid=4510207 |language=Swedish |title=Viking Palm har avlidit |trans-title=Viking Palm has died |work=Västerviks-Tidningen |date=19 January 2009}}) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960. In 1960 his bronze medal match against Anatoly Albul ended in a draw, but Albul had a lower body weight. Palm won two medals at the world championships, in 1951 and 1954.

Palm was born to a farmer and started training in wrestling aged 16, together with his elder brother Evert. He had a long wrestling career and reached the final of his last national championships aged 47. He was a firefighter by profession, but in 1972 began working as a policeman in Solna.

File:Viking Palm with family 1952.jpg in 1952]]