Martin Egeberg
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Martin Johan Egeberg was a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 sport wrestler who competed in three Summer Olympics.

He was born and died in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, and represented the sports club SK av 1909
SK av 1909
Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing and amateur wrestling, and has had several Olympians on its books.-History:...

. Competing in the featherweight division, he had success at the 1922 World Wrestling Championships where he won a silver medal, and the 1927 European Wrestling Championships where he won a bronze. He also finished eighth at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from 15 July 1924 to 20 July 1924.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 and fourteenth at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 7, 1928 to August 12, 1928.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

. He took three Norwegian national titles between 1926 and 1928.
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