Aage Ingvar Eriksen (5 May 1917 in Notodden – 17 June 1998 in Notodden, Telemark) was a Norwegian wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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| Full name | Aage Ingvar Eriksen | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1917 Notodden, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 June 1998 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympics
editEriksen competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[1]
National champion
edit- 10 times (Greco-Roman), between years 1937-55.
- 2 times (freestyle wrestling), between years 1937-55.
He represented the club SK Snøgg.
References
edit- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Wrestling" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
External links
editExternal links
edit- Aage Ingvar Eriksen at Olympics.com
- Aage Eriksen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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