Birth Date: | 13 May 1889 |
Birth Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Death Date: | 19 August 1956 (aged 67) |
Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Sport: | Freestyle wrestling |
Club: | Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Gottfrid Cervantius Svensson (13 May 1889 – 19 August 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.[1] He competed in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the freestyle lightweight contest in 1920. Earlier in 1913 he won a silver medal at the unofficial European Championships.
Svensson represented Djurgårdens IF.[1]