Charles Ericksen Explained

Charles Ericksen
Full Name:Karl Fredrik Eriksen
Birth Date:20 June 1875
Birth Place:Tønsberg, Norway
Death Place:New York, New York, U.S.
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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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Ericksen . Olympedia . February 25, 2021.
  2. News: Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie. NRK. 14 August 2012.