Viking Palm

Viking Palm
Personal information
Born13 October 1923
Broby, Sweden
Died19 January 2009 (aged 85)
Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubGAK Enighet, Malmö
Eslövs AIF
BK Viking, Broby
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki 87 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1951 Helsinki 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Tokyo 87 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1949 Istanbul 87 kg

Bror Viking Palm (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009[1]) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960. In 1960 his bronze medal match against Anatoly Albul ended in a draw, but Albul had a lower body weight.[2] Palm won two medals at the world championships, in 1951 and 1954.[3]

Palm was born to a farmer and started training in wrestling aged 16, together with his elder brother Evert. He had a long wrestling career and reached the final of his last national championships aged 47. He was a firefighter by profession, but in 1972 began working as a policeman in Solna.[4]

Palm with family in Malmö in 1952
  1. ^ "Viking Palm har avlidit" [Viking Palm has died]. Västerviks-Tidningen (in Swedish). 19 January 2009.
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