Gustav Freij in 1952
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| Born | 17 March 1922 Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1973 (aged 51) Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | IK Sparta, Malmö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl Gustav Herbert Freij (17 March 1922 – 4 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight (−67 kg) category at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and finished in first, second and third place, respectively.[1] He missed the 1956 Games due to an injury.[2]
After retiring from competitions Freij worked at the Allhems printing plant in Malmö. He died of ALS, aged 51.[2][3] A memorial wrestling tournament is held in Sweden in his honor. His nephew Leif Freij also became an Olympic wrestler.[2]
Spartabrottaren [...] led av en sällsynt och obotlig sjukdom som yttrar sig i muskelförtvining.
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 Emil Väre (FIN) Oskari Friman (FIN) Lajos Keresztes (HUN) Erik Malmberg (SWE) Lauri Koskela (FIN) Gustav Freij (SWE) Shazam Safin (URS) Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN) Avtandil Koridze (URS) Kazım Ayvaz (TUR) Muneji Munemura (JPN) Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) Suren Nalbandyan (URS) Ștefan Rusu (ROM) Vlado Lisjak (YUG) Levon Julfalakyan (URS) Attila Repka (HUN) Ryszard Wolny (POL) Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) Farid Mansurov (AZE) Steeve Guénot (FRA) Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR) Davor Štefanek (SRB) Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) | |
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