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Carl Alfred Pedersen

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Carl Alfred Pedersen
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing  Norway
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team, Swedish system
Intercalated Games
Gold medal – first place 1906 Athens Team

Carl Alfred Pedersen (May 5, 1882 – June 25, 1960) was a Norwegian gymnast and triple jumper who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1906, 1908 and 1912.

At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was a member of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics team event. He also participated in the triple jump competition and finished eighth.[1]

In 1908 he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event with the Norwegian team. In 1912, again as a member of the Norwegian team, he won a bronze medal in the gymnastics team, Swedish system event.

In national athletics he became Norwegian champion in high jump in 1904, 1905 and 1907,[2] and in long jump in 1905,[3] but never in triple jump.[4] He represented Ørnulf IF in Kristiania.

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