Sten Ragnar Svensson (born 22 June 1934) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He won a silver medal at the 1963 World Championships, finishing fourth in 1958 and 1961. He competed at the

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and 1968 Olympics and placed eighth, fifth and fourth, respectively.

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1934 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub People from Osby Municipality