Bo Johansson (weightlifter)
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Born | 7 February 1945 Gothenburg, Sweden | (age 79)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mossebergs AK, Gothenburg Stockholms Spårvägars GIF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bo Johansson (born 7 February 1945) is a retired Swedish middle-heavyweight weightlifter. Between 1968 and 1971 he won six medals at the world and European championships and set five world records: four in the press and one on the clean and jerk.[1][2]
Bo Johansson grew up as a bodybuilding fan. At the age of 16 he also took up weightlifting, and in 1966 became the Swedish Junior Champion in the light-heavyweight division. In 1968 he won the national senior heavyweight title with a total of 490 kg. He also placed fourth in the 1968 Summer Olympics[3] and trained for the 1972 Summer Olympics, but was left out of the Olympic team after a conflict with the Swedish sports officials. In the early 1970s he won several Nordic bodybuilding competitions, becoming Mr. Sweden and Mr. Scandinavia, but his career as a weightlifter declined.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bo Johansson. chidlovski.net
- ^ Bo Johansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bo Johansson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Bo Johansson. sportforlaget.se
- 1945 births
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- Swedish male weightlifters
- Swedish bodybuilders
- Olympic weightlifters for Sweden
- Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
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- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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