Viking Palm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viking Palm

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1923

Place of Birth: Broby, Skåne County, Sweden

Date of Death: 19-Jan-2009

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Bror Viking Palm (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler.
He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960.
In 1960 his bronze medal match against Anatoly Albul ended in a draw, but Albul had a lower body weight.
Palm won two medals at the world championships, in 1951 and 1954.Palm was born to a farmer and started training in wrestling aged 16, together with his elder brother Evert.
He had a long wrestling career and reached the final of his last national championships aged 47.
He was a firefighter by profession, but in 1972 began working as a policeman in Solna.