Hansen in Tokyo in 1954 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christian Henrik Hansen | ||||||||||||||
Born | 26 May 1920 Melby, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
Died | 23 August 2010 (aged 90) North Stonington, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | AK DAN, Ballerup | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christian Henrik Hansen (26 May 1920 – 23 August 2010) was a Danish sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, welterweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Next year he competed in freestyle wrestling at European championships and placed fifth.
References
- "Henrik Hansen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Henrik Hansen Obituary. legacy.com
- "Hansen, Henrik Christian (DEN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de.
External links
- Henrik Christian Hansen at the International Wrestling Database
- Christian Henrik Hansen at Olympics.com
- Henrik Hansen at Olympedia (archive)
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