Claes Johanson
Swedish wrestler (1884–1949)
![]() Johanson in 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 4 November 1884 Hyssna, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 March 1949 (aged 64) Göteborg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Örgryte IS, Göteborg Göteborgs AK | |||||||||||||||||
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Claes Edvin Johansson (4 November 1884 – 9 March 1949) was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals, in 1912 and 1920.[1] In 1913 he won the unofficial European Championships in the 75 kg division.[2]
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Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE)
- 1912
Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1920
Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1924
Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
- 1928
Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1932
Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1936
Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1948
Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1952
Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1956
Givi Kartozia (URS)
- 1960
Dimitar Dobrev (BUL)
- 1964
Branislav Simić (YUG)
- 1968
Lothar Metz (GDR)
- 1972
Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
- 1976
Momir Petković (YUG)
- 1980
Gennady Korban (URS)
- 1984
Ion Draica (ROM)
- 1988
Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS)
- 1992
Péter Farkas (HUN)
- 1996
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2000
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2004
Aleksey Mishin (RUS)
- 2008
Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
- 2012
Alan Khugaev (RUS)
- 2016
Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)
- 2020
Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1912–1928: 75 kg
- 1932–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016: 85 kg
- 2020–present: 87 kg
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