Charles Ericksen
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Representing  Norway
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1904 St. Louis | Welterweight |
Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (1875 – February 23, 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]
References
- ^ "Charles Ericksen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. 14 August 2012.
External links
- 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 2020-04-17.
- Proof of Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games (in Norwegian)
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