Rudolf Svensson

Johan Rudolf "Starke Rudolf" Svensson (27 March 1899 – 4 December 1978) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in four freestyle and Greco-Roman events in total, and won a gold or silver medal in each of them.

Svensson was most successful in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight category, in which he won two European titles in 1925 and 1933, seven national titles in 1926–36, two silver medals at the world championships, and three at the European Championships. A firefighter by profession, Svensson also played minor roles in several Swedish movies between 1934 and 1952. In 2005 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.

References

External links

Rudolf Svensson at databaseOlympics.com

1899 births

1978 deaths

Olympic wrestlers for Sweden

Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Swedish male sport wrestlers

Olympic gold medalists for Sweden

Olympic silver medalists for Sweden

Olympic medalists in wrestling

Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Swedish male film actors

Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County

20th-century Swedish people

European Wrestling Champions