fullname coach club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title name style
sara anne eriksson pierre dikanda Örgryte is luleå , sweden 61 kg lb 0 on 1.64 0 on 23 january 1974 sara eriksson -lrb- wrestler -rrb-
 sara eriksson freestyle
sara eriksson -lrb- wrestler -rrb-

sara anne eriksson -lrb- born january 23 , 1974 in luleå -rrb- is a retired amateur swedish freestyle wrestler , who competed in the women 's middleweight category .
considered one of the world 's top female wrestlers of her decade , eriksson has yielded a remarkable tally of fourteen career medals , including two golds at the world championships -lrb- 1995 and 1996 -rrb- and three more at the european championships -lrb- 1996 , 2000 , and 2002 -rrb- .
she also had an opportunity to compete for sweden at the 2004 summer olympics , finishing tenth in the 63-kg division .
before her sporting career ended shortly after the games , eriksson trained as a member of the wrestling team for Örgryte sporting club -lrb- -rrb- in gothenburg , under her personal coach and husband pierre dikanda .
eriksson emerged herself into a sporting fame at the 1995 world wrestling championships in atlanta , georgia , united states , where she captured the gold medal over neighboring norway 's lene aanes in the 57-kg division .
by the following year , she campaigned her title defense in the same tournament in sofia , bulgaria , and then boasted for another gold at the european championships in oslo , norway .
before her major olympic debut , eriksson held a stunning combined record of thirteen medals ; three of which came from the world championships , and the rest from the european championships , including two more golds to her career hardware .
at the 2002 world wrestling championships in chalcis , greece , eriksson overcame her six-year struggle to reach the final match in the 63-kg division , but settled only for the silver medal after being pinned by japan 's kaori icho .
when women 's wrestling made its debut at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , eriksson qualified for the swedish squad , as a 30-year-old veteran , in the 63 kg class .
earlier in the process , she earned an olympic spot by taking second at the olympic qualification tournament in tunis , tunisia after missing out a coveted place from the world championships .
eriksson lost her opening match 3 -- 0 to germany 's stéphanie groß , and followed it with a 3 -- 5 thrashing from greece 's stavroula zygouri in front of the home crowd , leaving her on the bottom of the pool and placing tenth in the final standings .
