Reidar Merli (1 April 1917 – 29 December 2007) was a Norwegian wrestler. He was born in

Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold count ...

, and represented the club Kolbotn IL. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London, where he placed sixth (shared), and at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, where he placed fifth.

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* 1917 births 2007 deaths People from Aurskog-Høland Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Norway Sportspeople from Viken (county) 20th-century Norwegian people 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub