Name Hjalmar Nystrom | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 28 March 1904Helsinki, Finland ( 1904-03-28 ) Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men\'s Greco-Roman Heavyweight People also search for Josef Klapuch, Georg Gehring, Rudolf Svensson, Kristjan Palusalu |
Hjalmar Eemil Nyström (28 March 1904 – 6 December 1960) was a Finnish heavyweight wrestler who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics. He placed tenth in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1928. At the 1936 Olympics he won a freestyle bronze and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman contest. At the European championships he won three silver medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1930, 1931 and 1935 and a freestyle bronze in 1934. Domestically, Nyström won ten titles, all in Greco-Roman wrestling, in 1924, 1926–28, 1930–31, 1935–37 and 1939. Nyström worked as a steam locomotive fireman and later as a train driver.
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