Olympic medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1904 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

  1. "Charles Ericksen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  2. "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. 14 August 2012.
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