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olov arvid andersson 20 september 2011 kristinehamn , sweden sunne , sweden weightlifting 19 may 1919 arvid andersson.jpg arvid andersson -lrb- weightlifter -rrb-
 arvid andersson
arvid andersson -lrb- weightlifter -rrb-

olov arvid andersson -lrb- 19 may 1919 -- 20 september 2011 -rrb- was a swedish weightlifter who competed at two editions of the summer olympic games .
at the 1948 summer olympics in london he placed 13th in a field of 23 competitors in the men 's featherweight event and 12th among 24 participants in the lightweight division at the 1952 summer olympics in helsinki .
born in sunne , sweden , he was a member of kristinehamns abk and won gold medals at the 1947 and 1949 editions of the european weightlifting championships in the feather and lightweight categories respectively .
he captured an additional gold medal at the 1946 world weightlifting championships in the featherweight tournament and a bronze medal at the 1949 edition in the lightweight category .
he was awarded the 1946 svenska dagbladet gold medal for his victory at the world championships .
he died on 20 september 2011 in kristinehamn at the age of 92 .
