Personal information | |
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Birth name | Torsten Reinhold Andersson |
Born | Sollefteå, Sweden | 9 February 1904
Died | 19 December 1986 | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Irene Cory (
m. 1934) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Wrestling |
Torsten Reinhold "Tom" Anderson (né Andersson, 9 February 1904 – 19 December 1986) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born in Sollefteå, Sweden, on 9 February 1904, Anderson was the son of Johan Reinhold Andersson and Fanny Sofia Hägglund. [1] [2]
Anderson began wrestling in 1925 when he met Anton Koolmann at the latter's newly established wrestling school in Sydney, Australia. [3] The pair would later reconnect in Wellington after both had moved to New Zealand. [3]
Anderson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen on 12 January 1938, [4] less than a month before the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those games, he competed in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight (90 kg) division, finishing in fourth place. [5] [6] [7]
Anderson died on 19 December 1986, and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch. [8]
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Torsten Reinhold Andersson |
Born | Sollefteå, Sweden | 9 February 1904
Died | 19 December 1986 | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Irene Cory (
m. 1934) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Wrestling |
Torsten Reinhold "Tom" Anderson (né Andersson, 9 February 1904 – 19 December 1986) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born in Sollefteå, Sweden, on 9 February 1904, Anderson was the son of Johan Reinhold Andersson and Fanny Sofia Hägglund. [1] [2]
Anderson began wrestling in 1925 when he met Anton Koolmann at the latter's newly established wrestling school in Sydney, Australia. [3] The pair would later reconnect in Wellington after both had moved to New Zealand. [3]
Anderson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen on 12 January 1938, [4] less than a month before the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those games, he competed in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight (90 kg) division, finishing in fourth place. [5] [6] [7]
Anderson died on 19 December 1986, and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch. [8]