Charles Ericksen

Norwegian-American wrestler

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

^ "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)