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Oswald Holmberg

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Torsten Oswald Magnus Holmberg, known as Oswald, was a Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor, born in Malmö on 17 July 1882, who died there on 11 February 1969. He was a member of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the men's team event in gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics, and four years later he won a second gold medal with the Swedish gymnastics team in the Swedish system event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens he was part of the Swedish tug of war team that took the bronze medal. He represented the club Stockholms GF according to the Olympedia register.

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Birth Year
1882 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 2
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was a Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor
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1. Olympedia: Oswald Holmberg (Olympedia)
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    Born 17 July 1882
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    Sex Male
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2. Oswald Holmberg (Wikipedia)
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    In the 1912 Summer Olympics, he won his second gold medal as a member of the Swedish gymnastics team in the Swedish system event.
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    was a Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor
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