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Kurt Pettersén

1916 - 1957

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Kurt Arne Pettersén (21 June 1916 – 15 November 1957) was a bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden who won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won silver medals at the European championships in 1938 and 1939 (Greco-Roman) and 1949 (freestyle). Kurt was born in a family of 11 siblings with Norwegian roots. Between 1936 and 1951 he won 22 Swedish titles in wrestling. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Pettersén is the 123rd most popular wrestler (up from 196th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,008th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Kurt Pettersén ranks 123 out of 1,027. Before him are Mijaín López, Hamit Kaplan, Kalle Anttila, Johannes Kotkas, Aydin Ibrahimov, and Brutus Beefcake. After him are Drew McIntyre, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Ted DiBiase, Axel Grönberg, Kevin Owens, and Adolf Lindfors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Kurt Pettersén ranks 187. Before him are Shigeo Arai, Herbert Friedman, Edward Binns, Guy Lapébie, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, and Delio Rodríguez. After him are Jacob Talmon, Pierre Emmanuel, Johnny Claes, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Irving Wallace, and Wolfgang Hildesheimer. Among people deceased in 1957, Kurt Pettersén ranks 158. Before him are Walter Nausch, Gustav Mie, Carl Bonde, Kulyash Baiseitova, Anna Haava, and Carl Størmer. After him are Aleksey Remizov, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Tomitaro Makino, Charles King, Maurice Peeters, and Ernest Oppenheimer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kurt Pettersén ranks 658 out of 1,879. Before him are Kent Karlsson (1945), Sven Jonasson (1909), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Hans von Rosen (1888), Nils Ramm (1903), and Erika Lust (1977). After him are Nils Engdahl (1898), Jan Olsson (1944), Arvid Holmberg (1886), Patrik Andersson (1971), Inger Stevens (1934), and Torsten Lindberg (1917).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Kurt Pettersén ranks 5. Before him are Ivar Johansson (1903), Johan Richthoff (1898), Rudolf Svensson (1899), and Olle Anderberg (1919). After him are 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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