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Jacob Gundersen (29 October 1875 – 21 January 1968)[1] was a Norwegian-American who represented Norway in the 1908 Olympics. He was a freestyle wrestler and Olympic medalist.

Jacob Gundersen

Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
	1908 London	Heavyweight

Gundersen was born in Fjære (later incorporated into Grimstad), in Aust-Agder county, Norway. He received a silver medal in the heavyweight class at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[2] The heavyweight class had eleven competitors, nine wrestlers from the UK, one from the US, and Gundersen from Norway. Gundersen defeated Walter West, Frederick Humphreys and Edward Nixson, but lost to Con O'Kelly in the final. Jacob Gundersen died in Westchester, New York.

References

External links

• Jacob Gundersen at United World Wrestling
• Jacob Gundersen at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Jacob Gundersen

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[it] Jacob Gundersen

Jacob Gundersen (Fjære, 29 ottobre 1875 – Westchester, 21 gennaio 1968) è stato un lottatore norvegese naturalizzato statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Гундерсон, Якоб

Якоб Гундерсон (норв. Jacob Gunderson; 29 октября 1875 (1875-10-29), Фьере (ныне в составе Гримстада), Объединённые королевства Швеция и Норвегия (ныне Норвегия) — январь 1968, округ Уэстчестер, США) — норвежский вольный борец, серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.

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