Tomas Johansson (wrestler)
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 Tomas Johansson at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1962 Haparanda, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tomas Johansson (born 20 July 1962) is a Swedish wrestler. He was born in Haparanda. He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1992, and a bronze medal in 1988. He won a gold medal at the 1986 World Wrestling Championships[1] In 1986 Johansson won the Jerring Award.[2] Johansson's success is overshadowed in controversy after he was found cheating at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was disqualified, and stripped of his silver medal and later suspended after testing positive for anabolic steroids. He was also a twenty-time Swedish champion,[3][4] and is considered one of the greatest sportsmen in Swedish history.[5] He was considered to be the dominating force in wrestling until Aleksandr Karelin's arrival in the sport.[6] He ended up being 0–11 against Karelin, with a combined score of 1–74.[7]
