Torsten Anderson

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.

Tom Anderson

Personal information
Birth name	Torsten Reinhold Andersson
Born	(1904-02-09)9 February 1904 Sollefteå, Sweden
Died	19 December 1986(1986-12-19) (aged 82) Christchurch, New Zealand
Spouse	Irene Cory ​ (m. 1934)​
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Wrestling

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 in Christchurch on 19 December 1986,^[8] and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.^[9]