Jalmar Leonard Sjöberg (born 31 March 1985) is an amateur Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He won a silver medal for the super heavyweight division at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania, and two bronze medals at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and at the 2009 FILA World Championships in Herning, Denmark.
 Jalmar Sjöberg (left) wrestles against United States' Dremiel Byers at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jalmar Leonard Sjöberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1985 Svalöv, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BK Ore Vinslöv | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Björn Fritz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sjöberg qualified for the 120-kg category in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title at the World Qualification Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia. He first defeated Poland's Marek Mikulski, and Azerbaijan's Anton Botev in the first two preliminary rounds. Sjoberg eventually upset Dremiel Byers of the United States, a former champion at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, with a surprising tactical score of 5–2, and a classification point score of 3–1, in the quarterfinal match.[2] Following a defeat for Byers, Sjöberg fought against, and thereby lost to Cuba's Mijaín López, who emerged as the top favorite for this category, in the semi-final match, without receiving a technical score.[3][4] Sjöberg qualified for the bronze medal bout, but finished in fifth place, after being defeated by Armenia's Yuri Patrikeyev, who scored three closing points in the last period to claim a medal.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jalmar Sjöberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Jeremy (13 August 2008). "Newark's Dremiel Byers loses in quarterfinals of Greco-Roman wrestling". New Jersey Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 120kg (264.5 lbs) – Semifinal Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Jalmar Sjöberg klar för bronsmatch" [Jalmar Sjoberg ready for the bronze game] (in Swedish). Expressen Sverige. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
External links
edit- Jalmar Sjoeberg at the International Wrestling Database
- Jalmar Sjöberg at Olympics.com
- Jalmar Sjöberg at Olympedia
- Jalmar Sjöberg at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
- Profile – SOK at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 March 2016) (in Swedish)
- NBC 2008 Olympic Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2012)
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