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Axel Grönberg

1918 - 1988

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Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald. Besides his Olympic medals he won a world title in 1950, three European Championship medals, as well as 16 national titles between 1944 and 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Grönberg is the 127th most popular wrestler (up from 166th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 946th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Axel Grönberg ranks 127 out of 1,027. Before him are Aydin Ibrahimov, Brutus Beefcake, Kurt Pettersén, Drew McIntyre, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, and Ted DiBiase. After him are Kevin Owens, Adolf Lindfors, Ivan Yarygin, Natalya Neidhart, Yrjö Saarela, and Lou Thesz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Axel Grönberg ranks 205. Before him are Henri Chammartin, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Don McNeill, Abdallah Ibrahim, Barry Morse, and Josef Bradl. After him are Antonio Janigro, Frane Matošić, Alexander Galich, Gisela Arendt, Meir Vilner, and Abraham Pais. Among people deceased in 1988, Axel Grönberg ranks 154. Before him are Hamengkubuwono IX, José Dolhem, Emeric Pressburger, Iosif Grigulevich, Jan Brzák-Felix, and Plácido Galindo. After him are Ferenc Sas, Josep Tarradellas, Roy Urquhart, Ernest Labrousse, Sylvester, and Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Axel Grönberg ranks 681 out of 1,879. Before him are Åke Borg (1901), Ulf Andersson (1951), Joel Kinnaman (1979), Hasse Ekman (1915), Ulf Ekman (1950), and Ingvar Rydell (1922). After him are Christer Fuglesang (1957), Magnus Wislander (1964), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), Per Thorén (1885), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), and Mona Sahlin (1957).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Axel Grönberg ranks 6. Before him are Ivar Johansson (1903), Johan Richthoff (1898), Rudolf Svensson (1899), Olle Anderberg (1919), and Kurt Pettersén (1916). After him are Carl Westergren (1895), Anders Larsson (1892), Erik Malmberg (1897), Axel Cadier (1906), Bertil Antonsson (1921), and Frithiof Mårtensson (1884).

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