Nils Bertil Ahlin (17 March 1927 – 6 August 2008) was a

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bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

boxer who won a silver medal at the

1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships The 1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland from 2 to 17 May. It was the seventh edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA a ...

. He competed at the

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

, but was eliminated in the first round of the tournament, losing to Salvador Rivera of Peru.

1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Bertil Ahlin, a Swedish bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Salvador Rivera (Peru) by decision

References

1927 births 2008 deaths Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Sweden Swedish male boxers Bantamweight boxers 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Finspång Municipality Sportspeople from Östergötland County {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub