Frithiof Mårtensson

Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson (19 May 1884 – 20 June 1956) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won the middleweight contests at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the unofficial 1909 European Championships in Malmö.[1][2]

Frithiof Mårtensson

Personal information
Born	19 May 1884 Eslöv, Sweden
Died	20 June 1956 (aged 72) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	8", $4'
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Event(s)	wrestling
Club	IK Sparta, Malmö
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1908 London -73 kg

After 1909 Mårtensson moved to Copenhagen for training as a dental technician and in 1913 to the United States. Two years later he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1956.[2]

References

1. Frithiof Mårtensson Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. Frithiof Mårtensson. Swedish Olympic Committee