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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Anders Ahlgren, Anders Larsson (sport wrestler), Ara Abrahamian, Axel Cadier, Axel Gronberg, Bengt Fahlqvist, Benni Ljungbeck, Bertil Antonsson, Bertil Nystrom, Carl Westergren, Claes Johanson, Eddy Bengtsson, Edvin Mattiasson, Edvin Vesterby, Egon Svensson, Einar Karlsson, Erik Malmberg, Ernst Nilsson, Fariborz Besarati, Frank Andersson, Frithiof Martensson, Frithjof Svensson, Gosta Andersson (wrestler), Gosta Frandfors, Gottfrid Svensson, Gustaf Klaren, Gustaf Malmstrom, Gustav Freij, Hans Antonsson, Henna Johansson, Ida-Theres Karlsson-Nerell, Ivar Johansson, Ivar Sjolin, Jan Karlsson (wrestler), Jan Karstrom, Jenny Fransson, Jimmy Lidberg, Jimmy Samuelsson, Johan Euren, Johan Richthoff, John Nyman, Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler), Karl Karlsson, Kent-Olle Johansson, Knut Fridell, Kurt Elmgren, Kurt Pettersen, Lars-Erik Skiold, Lennarth Svensson, Martin Lidberg, Mauritz Andersson, Mikael Ljungberg, Olle Anderberg, Pelle Svensson, Per Berlin, Per Lindholm, Roland Andersson (wrestler), Rudolf Svedberg, Rudolf Svensson, Rune Jansson, Sofia Mattsson, Soren Claeson, Thure Andersson, Thure Johansson (wrestler), Thure Sjostedt, Tomas Johansson (wrestler), Torbjorn Kornbakk, Tor Nilsson, Viking Palm. Excerpt: Ara Abrahamian (born 27 July 1975 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling. He has won two World Championships in the 76 kg and 84 kg weight classes and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 84 kg weight class. He also won the bronze match at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was awarded the medal, but his medal was rejected because of a controversial ruling in the semifinal. During the highly publicised medal ceremony, Abrahamian protested by placing the medal in the center of the mat and walking away. He was later disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and stripped of his rejected bronze medal for disrupting the award ceremony. He was also banned from wrestling for two years by FILA, but the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March 2009. Abrahamian began his wrestling career at the age of eight in Soviet Armenia. He became Armenian junior champion on three occasions. In 1994 he arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, to compete in the Stockholm Junior Open, which he won. He defected from the Armenian national team and joined the Swedish team in 1998. Abrahamian represented Sweden in Greco-Roman Wrestling in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 69-76 kg weight category. Abrahamian's participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics was planned to mark the end of his career, and he was determined to bring home the gold medal. After losing the prolonged final with Alexei Michine of Russia, Abrahamian wrote on his homepage: "The final ended 1-1. That means losing, in case you meet a Russian." Following a loss in the semi finals of the Greco-Roman 84 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics to the eventual winner Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, he and the Swedish coach Leo Myllari disputed the judges' ruling. Myllari accused the judges of corruption because they initially awarded Abrahamian a point, but after the round they assigned the point and the match to Minguzzi because Abrahamian had his
