{{Short description|Swedish wrestler (1923–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image =Viking Palm SOK.jpg | image_size = |caption= |birth_date= 13 October 1923 |birth_place= Broby, Sweden | death_date = 19 January 2009 (aged 85) | death_place = Täby, Stockholm, Sweden | height = 181 cm | weight = |sport=Freestyle wrestling |event= |club=GAK Enighet, Malmö<br> Eslövs AIF<br> BK Viking, Broby |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold| 1952 Helsinki |87 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1951 Helsinki| 87 kg}} {{MedalBronze|1954 Tokyo| 87 kg}} {{MedalEuropeanChampionships}} {{MedalSilver|1949 Istanbul| 87 kg}} }}

'''Bror Viking Palm''' (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?articleid=4510207 |language=Swedish |title=Viking Palm har avlidit |trans-title=Viking Palm has died |work=Västerviks-Tidningen |date=19 January 2009}}</ref>) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960. In 1960 his bronze medal match against Anatoly Albul ended in a draw, but Albul had a lower body weight.<ref name=sr2/> Palm won two medals at the world championships, in 1951 and 1954.<ref name=sr/>

Palm was born to a farmer and started training in wrestling aged 16, together with his elder brother Evert. He had a long wrestling career and reached the final of his last national championships aged 47. He was a firefighter by profession, but in 1972 began working as a policeman in Solna.<ref name=sok/> [[File:Viking Palm with family 1952.jpg|thumb|left|Palm with family in Malmö in 1952]]

==References== *{{Commons category-inline|Viking Palm}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204957/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/viking-palm-1.html Viking Palm]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=sr2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html Wrestling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/v/viking-palm.html Viking Palm]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref> }} {{Footer Olympic Champions freestyle wrestling light heavyweight}}

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