Bengt Fahlqvist
Bengt "Falan" Fahlqvist (15 April 1922 – 7 March 2004) was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the freestyle light-heavyweight division in 1948 and finished sixth as a Greco-Roman heavyweight in 1952. He won the European freestyle title in 1946 by beating Fritz Stöckli in the final, but lost to Stöckli in the Olympic semifinal in 1948.[1][2]
 Fritz Stöckli vs. Bengt Fahlkvist (right) at the 1948 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 April 1922 Helgesta, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 2004 (aged 81) Katrineholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Huddinge BK | ||||||||||||||||
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bengt Fahlqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- Bengt Fahlkvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
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