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Ivar Johansson

1903 - 1979

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Ivar Valentin Johansson (31 January 1903 – 4 August 1979) was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight and freestyle middleweight events. Four years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivar Johansson is the 73rd most popular wrestler (down from 39th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 450th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ivar Johansson ranks 73 out of 1,027. Before him are Luke Harper, R-Truth, Chris Benoit, The Great Khali, Giant Baba, and Jimmy Snuka. After him are Johan Richthoff, Eduard Pütsep, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Rudolf Svensson, Wade Barrett, and Kevin Nash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ivar Johansson ranks 167. Before him are Bertrand de Jouvenel, Vincent Richards, Rensis Likert, Bix Beiderbecke, Guillermo Subiabre, and Hans Hedtoft. After him are Louis Seigner, Felice Bonetto, Adolf Kainz, Ferenc Nagy, Lili Kraus, and Melvin Purvis. Among people deceased in 1979, Ivar Johansson ranks 131. Before him are Lothar Wolleh, Vsevolod Bobrov, Juana de Ibarbourou, Frederick Stafford, Agop Dilâçar, and Henri Saint Cyr. After him are Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Kurt Jooss, Ferenc Nagy, Amedeo Biavati, Paul Dessau, and Pedro Arico Suárez.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ivar Johansson ranks 501 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustaf Cederström (1845), Karin Lindberg (1929), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Lars Gustafsson (1936), Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695), and Roland Sandberg (1946). After him are Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), Lena Endre (1955), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Erik Almlöf (1891), Johan Richthoff (1898), and Jan Eliasson (1940).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Ivar Johansson ranks 1. After him are Johan Richthoff (1898), Rudolf Svensson (1899), Olle Anderberg (1919), Kurt Pettersén (1916), Axel Grönberg (1918), Carl Westergren (1895), Anders Larsson (1892), Erik Malmberg (1897), Axel Cadier (1906), Bertil Antonsson (1921), and Frithiof Mårtensson (1884).

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