Frithiof Mårtensson

Frithiof Mårtensson
Personal information
Born	19 May 1884; Eslöv, Sweden
Died	20 June 1956 (aged 72); Stockholm, Sweden
Height	8", $4'
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Event(s)	wrestling
Club	IK Sparta, Malmö
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games

Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson (19 May 1884 – 20 June 1956) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden.[1] He won the middleweight contests at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the unofficial 1909 European Championships in Malmö.[2][3]

After 1909 Mårtensson moved to Copenhagen for training as a dental technician and in 1913 to the United States. Two years later he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1956.[3]

References

"Frithiof Mårtensson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
Frithiof Mårtensson Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
Frithiof Mårtensson. Swedish Olympic Committee

External links

Frithiof Mårtensson at the International Wrestling Database

Frithiof Mårtensson at Olympedia

Frithiof Mårtensson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

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[1] "Frithiof Mårtensson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[sr-2] Frithiof Mårtensson Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

[sok-3] Frithiof Mårtensson. Swedish Olympic Committee