Hjalmar Nystrom

Career

Nyström worked as a steam locomotive fireman and later as a train driver.

Achievements

• He placed tenth in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1928. At the 1936 Olympics he won a freestyle bronze and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman contest. At the European championships he won three silver medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1930, 1931 and 1935 and a freestyle bronze in 1934. Domestically, Nyström won ten titles, all in Greco-Roman wrestling, in 1924, 1926-1928, 1930-1931, 1935-1937 and 1939.