Carl Westergren

Who was Carl Westergren?

Carl "Calle" Oscar Westergren was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932 Summer Olympics.

Born in Malmö, he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition in 1920. Four years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition. He also competed in the freestyle light heavyweight event and finished fourth. In 1928 he was eliminated after the first round in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition.

In his last Olympics competition, Westergren won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight competition again, ahead of Czech Josef Urban and Austrian Nikolaus Hirschl. He died in Malmö.