Jimmy Lidberg (born 13 April 1982) is a Swedish former

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wrestler. He is an

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bronze medalist and won several

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and

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medals as well.

Biography

Lidberg grew up in

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and on

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and won several titles in wrestling. His older brother

Martin Lidberg 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 ...

is also a former professional wrestler, who has been a world champion, two-time European champion and 19-time Swedish champion. Jimmy Lidberg won his first senior Swedish Championship when he was 17 years old. He has won three straight

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medals and three straight

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medals, while later winning a fourth World Championship medal. Overall, he has won eight consecutive medals from international senior championships. Lidberg was ranked at the top 3 in the world in his weight class in 2007, 2009, and 2012. He won the bronze medal at the

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in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg category. In January 2013, he announced that he was retiring from wrestling. As of April 2013 he is head coach of the Norwegian Wrestling Federation. In addition to being a physical trainer and coach, Lidberg also started two companies. He co-founded with two friends the club Huddinge Brottarklubb. Between 2017 and 2021, Lidberg worked as the fitness coach for football club

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, Sweden's first tier. Lidberg's life and career is documented in Bahador Shahidi's documentary film ''Jimmy the Wrestler'' (2021) where also Lidberg's brother

participates. Lidberg has two children and is the younger brother of fellow wrestler Martin Lidberg.

References

External links

bio on fila-wrestling.com
1982 births Living people Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Sport wrestlers from Stockholm {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub