Einar Pettersen (23 June 1897 – 23 March 1966) was a Norwegian
sport wrestler
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.
Born in
Sarpsborg
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Sarpsbor ...
on 23 June 1897,
[ Pettersen represented the club ]TIL National
Turn- og Idrettslaget National is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Sarpsborg, Østfold. It has sections for figure skating, sport wrestling and Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting.
The club was founded on 30 November 1905. As the name indic ...
. He won a silver medal at the 1922 World Wrestling Championships. He was awarded the King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to:
Sports Football
* Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football
* King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament
* King's ...
at the national championships in 1927.[
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References
1897 births
1966 deaths
Norwegian male sport wrestlers
World Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Norwegian people
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