Edvin Vesterby (born 23 October 1927) is a retired Swedish bantamweight wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 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.[1] 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.[2]
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| Born | 23 October 1927 (age 97) Riguldi, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||
| Club | Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Vesterby represented Djurgårdens IF.[3]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edvin Vesterby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ "Edvin Vesterby". SOK.se. Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Edvin Vesterby". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links
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- Edvin Vesterby at the International Wrestling Database
- Edvin Vesterby at Olympics.com
- Edvin Vesterby at ESBL (in Estonian)
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