Carl Westergren

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Carl "Calle" Oscar Westergren (13 October 1895 – 5 August 1958) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He was born and died in Malmö, Sweden. He competed in four Olympics (1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932) and won three Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman: middleweight in 1920, light-heavyweight in 1924, and heavyweight in 1932. In 1924 he also finished sixth in freestyle wrestling. He was the world champion in Greco-Roman middleweight in 1922 and won European titles in three weight classes: middleweight (1925), light-heavyweight (1930) and heavyweight (1931). Off the mat, he worked as a bus driver, had two older brothers who wrestled, and later became a pigeon breeder.