What is Karl-Erik Nilsson?
[[File:Kelpo Gröndahl, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Ibrahim Orabi 1948b.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nilsson (center) at the 1948 Olympics]] '''Karl-Erik Nilsson''' (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/os-hjalten-dod-hade-det-tufft/|title=Karl-Erik Nilsson död – tog guld i OS 1948|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref>) was a Swedish light-heawyweight (-87&nbsp;kg) Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the [[1955 World Wrestling Championships]].<ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/k/karl-erik-nilsson.html Karl-Erik Nilsson]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref><ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/karl-erik-nilsson-1.html Karl-Erik Nilsson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/karl-erik-nilsson-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> He was born in [[Stehag]], Sweden. Nilsson died at the age of 95 in [[Stockholm]] on 14 December 2017. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler)}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070813085619/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NILSSKAR01 Karl-Erik Nilsson's profile at databaseOlympics] *[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/karl-erik-nilsson-1.html Karl-Erik Nilsson's profile at Sports Reference.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/karl-erik-nilsson-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Karl-Erik}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Sweden]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden]] {{sports-bio-stub}}