Torsten Anderson Explained

Tom Anderson
Birth Name:	Torsten Reinhold Andersson
Birth Date:	9 February 1904
Birth Place:	Sollefteå, Sweden
Country:	New Zealand
Sport:	Wrestling

Torsten Reinhold "Tom" Anderson (né Andersson, 9 February 1904 – 19 December 1986) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Sollefteå, Sweden, on 9 February 1904, Anderson was the son of Johan Reinhold Andersson and Fanny Sofia Hägglund.^{[1] [2]}

Anderson began wrestling in 1925 when he met Anton Koolmann at the latter's newly established wrestling school in Sydney, Australia.^[3] The pair would later reconnect in Wellington after both had moved to New Zealand.^[3]

Anderson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen on 12 January 1938,^[4] less than a month before the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those games, he competed in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight (90 kg) division, finishing in fourth place.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Anderson died on 19 December 1986, and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Death search: registration number 1986/47765. Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 11 October 2017.
2. Web site: Sweden, indexed birth records, 1859–1943 . 2011 . Ancestry.com Operations . 11 October 2017 . subscription .
3. News: Amateur wrestling test . 17 April 1937 . Evening Post . 11 October 2017 . 22.
4. Web site: New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981 . 2010 . Ancestry.com Operations . 11 October 2017 . subscription .
5. Web site: Torsten Anderson . 2016 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 10 October 2017.
6. Web site: Results for the 1938 British Empire Games – Wrestling – Freestyle – 90kg – Men . 11 October 2017.
7. News: Empire Games: New Zealand team . 7 January 1938 . The Advocate . 11 October 2017 . 3.
8. Web site: Cemeteries database . Christchurch City Council . 11 October 2017.