Arvid Andersson (weightlifter)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Sweden
Men's weightlifting
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold	1947 Helsinki	Featherweight
Gold	1949 The Hague	Lightweight
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold	1946 Paris	Featherweight
Bronze	1949 Scheveningen	Lightweight

Olov Arvid Andersson (19 May 1919 – 20 September 2011) was a Swedish weightlifter who competed at two editions of the summer Olympic Games. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he placed 13th in a field of 23 competitors in the men's featherweight event and 12th among 24 participants in the lightweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Born in Sunne, Sweden, he was a member of Kristinehamns ABK and won gold medals at the 1947 and 1949 editions of the European Weightlifting Championships in the feather and lightweight categories respectively. He captured an additional gold medal at the 1946 World Weightlifting Championships in the featherweight tournament and a bronze medal at the 1949 edition in the lightweight category.^[1] He was awarded the 1946 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal for his victory at the World Championships.^[2] He died on 20 September 2011 in Kristinehamn at the age of 92.^[3]

References

1. ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans, Bill Mallon, and Hilary Evans (23 March 2011). "Arvid Andersson Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/arvid-andersson-3.html. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
2. ^ "Bragdmedaljörer genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet (Schibsted). 2010-11-19. http://www.svd.se/sport/bragdguldet/bragdmedaljorer-genom-tiderna_485089.svd. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
3. ^ "Arvid ‘Strong Arvid’ Andersson, a 1946 world weightlifting champion from Sweden, dies at 92". The Washington Post. 2011-09-21. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/arvid-strong-arvid-andersson-a-1946-world-weightlifting-champion-from-sweden-dies-at-92/2011/09/21/gIQAvPGYkK_story.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 

Persondata
Name	Andersson, Arvid
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish Olympic weightlifter
Date of birth	19 May 1919
Place of birth	Sunne, Sweden
Date of death	20 September 2011
Place of death	Kristinehamn, Sweden