Karl Ivan Bergström (10 March 1937 – 10 May 2018) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

boxer. He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

, but was eliminated in his first bout of the tournament (the Round of 32), losing a 0-5 decision to Joseph Lartey of Ghana. Bergström represented

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

1960 Olympic results

Below is the record of Karl Bergström, a Swedish welterweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: lost to Joseph Lartey (Ghana) by decision, 0-5

References

1937 births 2018 deaths Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Sweden Swedish male boxers Welterweight boxers People from Själevad Djurgårdens IF boxers 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub