Martin Lidberg
Martin Lidberg during the Swedish Sports Awards of January 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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National team | Sweden |
Born | (1973-02-01) February 1, 1973 (age 51) Farsta, Sweden |
Sport | |
Country | Sweden |
Sport | amateur wrestling |
Martin Johan Lidberg (born 1 February 1973) is a Swedish former professional wrestler. He is a world champion, two-time European champion as well as 19-time Swedish champion. He has competed in the olympics three times (last time in Athens). In 2007 he won Let's Dance 2007 in Sweden together with his dancing partner Cecilia Ehrling, defeating Tobbe Blom, host of Idol 2005. Lidberg and Ehrling represented Sweden in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007, where they placed 14th.
Lidberg defeated MMA fighter Dan Henderson at the 1996 Olympics.
In the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he failed to qualify for the Wrestling semi-finals when he was beaten by Russian wrestler Gogi Koguashvili. He decided to retire from wrestling after the 2004 Olympics were over.
In 2017, he participated in Mästarnas mästare, and won.[1]
Lidberg participates in Bahador Shahidi's documentary film Jimmy the Wrestler (2021) about his younger brother, fellow wrestler Jimmy Lidberg.[2]
His son, Isac Lidberg, is a professional footballer.[3]
Accomplishments
Greco-Roman Wrestling
- 2004 Gold medal (96 kg) - European championships
- 2003 Gold medal (96 kg) - World championships
- 2000 Gold medal (85 kg) - European championships
- 2000 Sixth place - the Olympics
- 1999 Fifth place - World championships
- 1999 Silver medal - European championships
- 1998 Bronze medal - European championships
- 1998 Bronze medal - World championships
- 1997 Fourth place - World championships
- 1996 Sixth place - the Olympics
References
- ^ Jakob Meijer (7 May 2017). "Martin Lidberg vann finalen". Nöjesbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Det var extrema förhållanden - Jimmy Lidbergs liv har blivit film". Aftonbladet. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Rekordung i Bajen – startar nu om i Ettan". Expressen (in Swedish). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
External links
- Recent Interview
- Martin about shattered olympic medal dream from athens
- Martin after winning let's dance
- Martin's let's dance page, Tv4.se
- v
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- 1911: Rudolf Grüneisen (GER)
- 1921: Karl Döppel (GER)
- 1924: Ferdinand Muss (GER)
- 1925: Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1926: Georg Gehring (GER)
- 1927: Rajmund Badó (HUN)
- 1929: Georg Gehring (GER)
- 1930: Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1931: Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1933: Kurt Hornfischer (GER)
- 1934: Kurt Hornfischer (GER)
- 1935: Kurt Hornfischer (GER)
- 1937: Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1938: Johannes Kotkas (EST)
- 1939: Johannes Kotkas (EST)
- 1947: Johannes Kotkas (URS)
- 1966: Anatoly Roshchin (URS)
- 1967: István Kozma (HUN)
- 1968: Petr Kment (TCH)
- 1969: Pelle Svensson (SWE)
- 1970: Pelle Svensson (SWE)
- 1972: Nikolay Yakovenko (URS)
- 1973: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1974: Kamen Goranov (BUL)
- 1975: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1976: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1977: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1978: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1979: Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1980: Georgi Raykov (BUL)
- 1981: Nikolai Inkov (URS)
- 1982: Andrey Dimitrov (BUL)
- 1983: Andrey Dimitrov (BUL)
- 1984: Tamás Gáspár (HUN)
- 1985: Anatoli Fedorenko (URS)
- 1986: Jožef Tertelj (YUG)
- 1987: Ilia Vasilev (BUL)
- 1988: Anatoli Fedorenko (URS)
- 1989: Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 1990: Anatoli Fedorenko (URS)
- 1991: Sergey Demyashkevich (URS)
- 1992: Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 1993: Sergey Demyashkevich (BLR)
- 1994: Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 1995: Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
- 1996: Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
- 1997: Hakkı Başar (TUR)
- 1998: Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
- 1999: Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
- 2000: Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
- 2001: Alexandr Bezruchkin (RUS)
- 2002: Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
- 2003: Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)
- 2004: Martin Lidberg (SWE)
- 2005: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2006: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2007: Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)
- 2008: Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
- 2009: Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
- 2010: Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
- 2011: Tsimafei Dzeinichenka (BLR)
- 2012: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2013: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2014: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2015: Islam Magomedov (RUS)
- 2016: Nikita Melnikov (RUS)
- 2017: Felix Baldauf (NOR)
- 2018: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2019: Musa Evloev (RUS)
- 2020: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2021: Musa Evloev (RUS)
- 2022: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2023: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2024: Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- +83 kg: 1911
- +82.5 kg: 1913–1922
- +87 kg: 1950–1961
- +97 kg: 1962–1967
- 100 kg: 1969–1995
- 97 kg: 1997–2001
- 96 kg: 2002–2013
- 98 kg: 2014–2017
- 97 kg: 2018–present
Preceded by Måns Zelmerlöw & Maria Karlsson | Let's Dance winner Season 2 (2007 with Cecilia Erling) | Succeeded by Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson |