Frithjof Andersen (5 April 1893 – 24 July 1975) is a Norwegian

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and Olympic medalist in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

, from

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

Career

Andersen competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

where he won a bronze medal in

, the

lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...

class."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 August 2008) His bronze medal was Norway’s first Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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* 1893 births 1975 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Norway Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub