Bengt Fahlqvist

Bengt Fahlqvist

Fritz Stöckli vs. Bengt Fahlkvist (right) at the 1948 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 April 1922 Helgesta, Sweden
Died	7 March 2004 (aged 81) Katrineholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Huddinge BK
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1948 London 87 kg European Championships 1946 Stockholm 87 kg

Bengt "Falan" Fahlqvist (also spelled Fahlkvist, 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]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bengt Fahlkvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
2. "Bengt Fahlkvist". Swedish Olympic Committee.

External links

• Bengt Fahlkvist at the International Wrestling Database
• Bengt Fahlkvist at Olympics.com
• Bengt Fahlkvist at Olympedia (archive)
• Bengt Fahlkvist at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
• Media related to Bengt Fahlqvist at Wikimedia Commons