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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bengt Fahlkvist". Swedish Olympic Committee.
External links
- Bengt Fahlkvist at the International Wrestling Database
- Bengt Fahlkvist at Olympics.com
- Bengt Fahlkvist at Olympedia
- Bengt Fahlkvist at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
Media related to Bengt Fahlqvist at Wikimedia Commons
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