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Torsten Anderson

New Zealand wrestler

Irene Cory

(m. 1934)

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Torsten Reinhold "Tom" Anderson (né Andersson, 9 February 1904 – 19 December 1986) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Sollefteå, Sweden, on 9 February 1904, Anderson was the son of Johan Reinhold Andersson and Fanny Sofia Hägglund.^[1]^[2]

Anderson began wrestling in 1925 when he met Anton Koolmann at the latter's newly established wrestling school in Sydney, Australia.^[3] The pair would later reconnect in Wellington after both had moved to New Zealand.^[3]

Anderson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen on 12 January 1938,^[4] less than a month before the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those games, he competed in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight (90 kg) division, finishing in fourth place.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Anderson died on 19 December 1986, and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.^[8]

References

^ "Death search: registration number 1986/47765". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "Sweden, indexed birth records, 1859–1943". Ancestry.com Operations. 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Amateur wrestling test". Evening Post. 17 April 1937. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "Torsten Anderson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "Results for the 1938 British Empire Games – Wrestling – Freestyle – 90kg – Men". Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "Empire Games: New Zealand team". The Advocate. 7 January 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2017.