Charles Ericksen

Charles Ericksen

Personal information
Full name	Karl Fredrik Eriksen
Born	(1875-06-20)June 20, 1875 Tønsberg, Norway
Died	February 24, 1916(1916-02-24) (aged 40) New York, New York, U.S.
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Norway Olympic Games 1904 St. Louis Welterweight

Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (June 20, 1875 – February 24, 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

1. "Charles Ericksen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
2. "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. August 14, 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 April 17, 2020.
• Proof of Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games (in Norwegian)
• Charles Ericksen at the International Wrestling Database
• Charles Ericksen at Olympedia