Mikael Ljungberg

Mikael Ljungberg (13 June 1970 – 17 November 2004) was a Swedish wrestler from Gothenburg.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> He competed for Örgryte IS's wrestling section.

Ljungberg was one of the most successful Swedish wrestlers ever. He won World Championship gold medals in 1993 and 1995,<ref name=":0" /> European Championship gold medals in 1995 and 1999, and an Olympic gold medal in 2000.

In the summer of 2004, the Complete Book of the Olympics 2004 edition wrongly reported Mikael Ljungberg had been suspended in 1994 for using a banned performance-enhancing drug. This was silently corrected in the 2008 edition of the same book.<ref>Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Greco-Roman Wrestling: Heavyweight". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London, UK: Aurum Press Limited. p. 1159.</ref>

Just before his death he was appointed manager of the sport section for the Swedish Wrestling Federation, an office he would have entered on 1 January 2005.

Death

Ljungberg died on 17 November 2004, while receiving care for depression. The cause of death was suicide by hanging.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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External links

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• Mikael Ljungberg Memorial Fund