Charles Ericksen

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Olympic medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Competitor for the United States
Gold	1904 St. Louis	Welterweight

Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (1875 – February 23, 1916) was a Norwegian wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for the United States.

In 1904 he won a gold medal in the welterweight category.

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 gold registered as Norwegian.^[1]

References

↑ "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. 14 August 2012.

External links

Sports Reference Profile
Proof of Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games (in Norwegian)

Persondata
Name	Ericksen, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic wrestler
Date of birth	1875
Place of birth
Date of death	February 23, 1916
Place of death

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