Poul Hansen | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1891 |
Birth Place: | Ubberud, Odense Municipality, Denmark |
Death Place: | Aarhus, Denmark |
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Poul Henrik Peder Hansen (20 October 1891 - 29 October 1948) was a Danish wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in Ubberud, Odense Municipality and died in Aarhus.
In 1920 he won the silver medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight competition after winning the final of the silver medal round against Edward Willkie. Four years later he competed in the Greco-Roman heavyweight event as well as in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight class but was not able to win a medal.[2]