Bertil Nyström
Alexis Bertil Nyström ( May 22nd, 1935 in Gråmanstorp, Skåne ) is a former Swedish wrestler and winner of the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 and Vice World Champion 1961 at the Greco-Roman. Style in the welterweight division.
Career
Bertil Nyström comes from Klippan and was one of the first wrestler from this town, the ( Ringer Club ) penetrated at the local " Brottning club" in Swedish and in the top. This wrestler Club developed at the beginning of the 1960s, virtually out of nowhere to become a leading Swedish wrestler clubs. Bertil focused exclusively on the Greco-Roman. Style and in 1953 Swedish junior champion in Greco-Roman. Style in a lightweight. The first Swedish championship titles in the senior, he won in 1957 in the welterweight division. He defeated in this championship also the Olympic champion Gustav Freij, who was of course already getting on in years.
His debut at the international championships were Bertil at the World Cup 1958 in Budapest. In the welterweight starting, he had while still paying dues and retired after defeats against, however, two very strong wrestler, Kazim Ayvaz from Turkey and Stevan Horvat from Yugoslavia, after the second round, finishing in 15th place.
At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 he admittedly came to a win and a draw against weaker wrestler, but then lost to Matti Laakso from Finland and the later Olympic champion Mithat Bayrak from Turkey and ended up in 11th place.
In 1962 Bertil was not used in the World Cup. In 1963 he was in Helsingborg but there again and won with four victories and defeats against Rudolf Vespers from Rostock and Anatoly Kolesov from the USSR the bronze medal.
The climax of the career of Bertil Nyström were the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. He brought there the feat to stay unbeaten in seven fights and yet to win three fights. Four times he fought draw, with which he won the bronze medal.
In the years 1965-1968 Bertil started four times at international championships. His best results were there two fourth places at the European Championships 1966 in Essen and 1968 in Västerås.
Bertil also denied, as was customary, a number of countries fighting. He scored this many a respectable result.
Bertil Nyström was a wrestler who was tactically very slick, the show 's many draws in the fighting, which he denied. He was able to wrestlers who were stronger on as he, extract a tie still by his tactically clever rings.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, We = welterweight until 1961-73 kg body weight, then to 78 kg body weight, Mi = middleweight until 1961-79 kg body weight, then to 87 kg body weight)