Bernhoff Hansen
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Bernhoff Otelius Hansen (August 17, 1877 – December 22, 1950) was a Norwegian-American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was born in Rognan in Saltdal Municipality, Norway. Originally, he was a wrestler in Nordland, but one and a half years before the 1904 Olympic Games, he left Norway for the United States. He was affiliated with the Brooklyn-based 'Norwegian Turnverein' gymnastic society in New York. Hansen was sponsored by the 'Norwegian Turnverein' at the Olympics in 1904. He won three matches, all by falls, at the 1904 Olympics and the gold medal in the freestyle heavyweight category.[2] The Olympic tournament doubled as the AAU tournament. In 1905, he defended his AAU title for his only other U.S. championship.[3]
His first name was spelled "Bernhoff" by FILA and in an article by The New York Times from January 16, 1918. By the time of the article, he was referred to as a "Norwegian light-heavyweight wrestler". Hansen died in New York City at the age of 73.
In 2012, Norwegian historians found documentation showing that Hansen was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925 and questioning whether he ever received American citizenship. The historians thus petitioned to have Hansen's gold registered as Norwegian.[4]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bernhoff Hansen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ Bernhuff Hansen (Official website of the Olympic Movement)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bernhoff Hansen". Olympedia.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. August 14, 2012.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernhoff Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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