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Charles Haberkorn

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Tug of war
Representing Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St. Louis Team competition

Charles Haberkorn (November 16, 1880 – November 1966)[1] was an American tug of war competitor and wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

In the 1904 Olympics he won a bronze medal as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team,[2] which is officially considered a mixed team.[3]

As wrestler he competed in the freestyle lightweight category and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He was born in Württemberg, Germany and died in St. Louis, Missouri.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources give his birth date as March 31, 1874 such as http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv5n2/JOHv5n2l.pdf Archived 2016-09-12 at the Wayback Machine and "Charles Haberkorn Olympic medals and stats". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2007-11-09. the first of which also gives his death date as May 1968. His name is also sometimes spelled Habercorn
  2. ^ "Olympic". Archived from the original on 2016-09-26.
  3. ^ IOC. "St. Louis 1904 tug of war men Results - Olympic tug-of-war". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ "Charles Haberkorn". Olympedia. Retrieved February 23, 2021.