Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (June 20, 1875 – February 24, 1916) was a Norwegian-American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for the United States.
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| Full name | Karl Fredrik Eriksen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 20, 1875 Tønsberg, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 24, 1916 (aged 40) New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1904 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the freestyle welterweight category, wrestling on the United States team.[1] In 2012, Norwegian historians found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until 22 March 1905. The historians thus petitioned to have Ericksen's Olympic gold registered as Norwegian.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Charles Ericksen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. August 14, 2012.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Ericksen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- Proof of Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games (in Norwegian)
- Charles Ericksen at the International Wrestling Database
- Charles Ericksen at Olympedia
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