Charles Haberkorn

Charles Haberkorn (November 16, 1880 November 1966)[1] was an American tug of war competitor and wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Olympic medal record
Men’s Tug of war
Representing the  United States
1904 St. LouisTeam competition

In the 1904 Olympics he won a bronze medal as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team.[2]

As wrestler he competed in the freestyle lightweight category and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

He was born in Württemberg, Germany and died in St. Louis, Missouri.

Notes

  1. Some sources give his birth date as March 31, 1874 such as http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv5n2/JOHv5n2l.pdf Archived 2016-09-12 at the Wayback Machine and "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2007-11-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) the first of which also gives his death date as May 1968. His name is also sometimes spelled Habercorn
  2. "Olympic".
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