Johannes Eriksen | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1889 |
Birth Place: | Frederiksberg, Denmark |
Death Place: | Frederiksberg, Denmark |
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Johannes Thorvald Eriksen (12 June 1889 - 25 June 1963) was a Danish wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Frederiksberg.[1]
In 1908, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Greco-Roman middleweight competition.
Four years later, he was eliminated in the fifth round of the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight class after losing his fight to August Rajala.
At the 1920 Games, he won the bronze medal in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight competition.[2]