Gösta Frändfors

Gösta Valdemar Jönsson (later Frändfors, 25 November 1915 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the featherweight and lightweight freestyle divisions, respectively. He won three more medal at the European championships of 1937–1947, competing in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.[1] In 1947, after becoming the European champion in the Greco-Roman 67 kg division, he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

Gösta Frändfors
Frändfors, circa 1947
Personal information
Born25 November 1915
Stockholm, Sweden
Died8 August 1973 (aged 57)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
SportWrestling
ClubHuddinge BK
Brandkårens IK, Stockholm
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1936 Berlin Freestyle 61 kg
Silver medal – second place1948 London Freestyle 67 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1937 MunichFreestyle 66 kg
Silver medal – second place1946 StockholmFreestyle 67 kg
Gold medal – first place1947 PragueGreco-Roman 67 kg

He was born Gösta Valdemar Jönsson, and in 1941 changed his last name to Frändfors. He retired from competitions in October 1950, and in 1951 played the a minor role in the film Spöke på semester.[2]

References
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