Frank Andersson

Frank Öivind Stefan Andersson (9 May 1956 – 9 September 2018), better known professorially as Frank Andersson was a Swedish wrestler and Olympian. He started in amateur wrestling. He won many world championship gold medals as well as a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was born in Trollhättan, Sweden.^[1]

Andersson in December 2012

He later became a professional wrestler with mixed success. He was also a television personality appearing on several Swedish reality and game shows.

Andersson died in Stockholm on 9 September 2018 from a lung infection complicated from heart surgery at the age of 62.^[2]