Axel Grönberg
Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler
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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.[1]
FullnameRolf Axel Ejnar Grönberg
Nickname
"Acke"Born9 May 1918
Norberg, Sweden
Died23 April 1988 (aged 69)
Stockholm, Sweden
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| Full name | Rolf Axel Ejnar Grönberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Acke" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1918 Norberg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1988 (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BK Athén, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
