He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively.

[1] In the 1948 final against Miklós Szilvási Andersson cut his eyebrow while leading 3:0.

The referee allowed the bout to continue despite strong bleeding, and Andersson won the gold medal.

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