Jimmy Lidberg (born 13 April 1982) is a retired Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and won several World and European Championship medals as well.
Biography
Lidberg grew up in Farsta and on Södermalm in Stockholm and won several titles in wrestling. His older brother Martin Lidberg is also a wrestler. He won his first senior Swedish Championship when he was 17 years old.
He has won three straight European Wrestling Championships medals and three straight World Wrestling Championships 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 2012 Summer Olympics 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.[1] 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 Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, Sweden's first tier.[2]
Lidberg's life and career is documented in Bahador Shahidi's documentary film Jimmy the Wrestler (2021) where also Lidberg's brother Martin Lidberg participates.[3]
Lidberg has two children and is the younger brother of fellow wrestler Martin Lidberg.
References
- ^ Svensk mesterskaps-spesialist har kasta rundt på norsk brytesport "Swedish championship-specialist has turned around Norwegian wrestling"
- ^ "HTV: Jimmy Lidberg ny fystränare - "Kommer att sätta en ny prägel"". Hammarby Fotboll. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Det var extrema förhållanden - Jimmy Lidbergs liv har blivit film". Aftonbladet. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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