Thure Sjöstedt Explained

Thure Sjöstedt
Fullname:Ture Sigvard Sjöstedt
Birth Date:28 August 1903
Birth Place:Yngsjö, Sweden
Death Date:2 May 1956 (aged 52)
Death Place:Malmö, Sweden
Sport:Wrestling
Club:BK Kärnan, Limhamn, Malmö
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Ture Sigvard "Thure" Sjöstedt (28 August 1903 – 2 May 1956) was a Swedish wrestler.

Career

In freestyle wrestling, he won a gold and a silver medal in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics, respectively, as well as a European title in 1934. He finished second at the 1927 European Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]

In the mid-1930s Sjöstedt turned professional and toured the United States with teammate Johan Richthoff. He later developed alcoholism problems and was eventually found dead in his garden cottage.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204820/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sj/thure-sjostedt-1.html Thure Sjöstedt
  2. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/t/thure-sjostedt.html Thure Sjöstedt