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jalmar ' dremiel byers at the olympics sjöberg -lrb- left -rrb- wrestles against united states jalmar leonard sjöberg björn fritz greco-roman bk ore vinslöv lightblue svalöv , sweden 120 kg lb 0 on 180px 1.90 0 on wrestling 31 march 1985 byers vs sjoberg.jpg jalmar sjöberg
 jalmar sjöberg
jalmar sjöberg

jalmar leonard sjöberg -lrb- born march 31 , 1985 in svalöv -rrb- is an amateur swedish greco-roman wrestler .
he won a silver medal for the super heavyweight division at the 2009 european wrestling championships in vilnius , lithuania , and two bronze medals at the 2007 european wrestling championships in sofia , bulgaria , and at the 2009 fila world championships in herning , denmark .
sjöberg qualified for the 120-kg category in men 's greco-roman wrestling at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , after winning the championship title at the world qualification tournament in novi sad , serbia .
he first defeated poland 's marek mikulski , and azerbaijan 's anton botev in the first two preliminary rounds .
sjoberg eventually upset dremiel byers of the united states , a former champion at the 2002 world wrestling championships in moscow , russia , with a surprising tactical score of 5 -- 2 , and a classification point score of 3 -- 1 , in the quarterfinal match .
following a heartbreaking defeat for byers , sjöberg fought against , and thereby lost to cuba 's mijaín lópez , who emerged as the top favorite for this category , in the semi-final match , without receiving a technical score .
sjöberg qualified for the bronze medal bout , but finished in fifth place , after being defeated by armenia 's yuri patrikeyev , who scored three closing points in the last period to claim a medal .
