Bo Johansson (weightlifter)

Bo Johansson

Personal information
Born	7 February 1945 (1945-02-07) (age 71) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Mossebergs AK, Gothenburg Stockholms Spårvägars GIF
Medal record Representing  Sweden World Weightlifting Championships 1969 Sofia -90 kg 1971 Lima -90 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1968 Leningrad -90 kg 1969 Sofia -90 kg 1970 Szombathely -90 kg 1971 Sofia -90 kg

Bo Johansson (born 7 February 1945) is a retired Swedish middle-heavyweight weightlifter. Between 1968 and 1971 he won six medals at the world and European championships and set five world records: four in the press and one on the clean and jerk.^[1][2][3]

Bo Johansson grew up as a bodybuilding fan. At the age of 16 he also took up weightlifting, and in 1966 became the Swedish Junior Champion in the light-heavyweight division. In 1968 he won the national senior heavyweight title with a total of 490 kg. He also placed fourth in the 1968 Summer Olympics and trained for the 1972 Summer Olympics, but was left out of the Olympic team after a conflict with the Swedish sports officials. In the early 1970s he won several Nordic bodybuilding competitions, becoming Mr. Sweden and Mr. Scandinavia, but his career as a weightlifter declined.^[4]

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