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Ida-Theres Karlsson-Nerell

Swedish wrestler

Ida-Theres Karlsson-Nerell (born 18 April 1983) is a retired Swedish freestyle wrestler.

She was born in Boden. At the World Championships she won a bronze medal in 2002 (55:kg), finished nineteenth in 2003 (55:kg), won a bronze medal in 2006 (55:kg) and a silver medal in 2007 (55:kg). She finished fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games, and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games.

At the European Championships she won silver medals in 2001 (56:kg) and 2002 (55:kg), finished sixth in 2003 (55:kg) and won gold medals in 2004 (55:kg), 2005 (59:kg) and 2007 (59:kg).

After the Summer Olympics in 2008 she took a time out from wrestling to, among other things, focus on her family. In 2011, she made a comeback and won a gold medal at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships.

On 27 November 2014, she announced her retirement from wrestling.

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