Axel Grönberg
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| Full name | Rolf Axel Ejnar Grönberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Acke" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1918 Norberg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1988 (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BK Athén, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald. Besides his Olympic medals he won a world title in 1950, three European Championship medals, as well as 16 national titles between 1944 and 1958.[2]
References
- ^ Axel Grönberg. sports-reference.com
- ^ Axel Grönberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
- Axel Grönberg at the International Wrestling Database
- Axel Grönberg at Olympedia
- Axel Grönberg at Olympics.com
- Axel Grönberg at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)