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@ Antwerp Zoo (Antwerp, Belgium)
Monday-Friday, August 16-27, 1920

Charles Edwin Ackerly
Charles Edwin Ackerly
In 1920, Edwin Ackerly of Cuba (NY) was the only member of the United States Olympic wrestling team to take a gold medal at the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. SOURCE: The Cuba Patriot and Free Press, August 5-11, 1992.

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Charles Edwin Ackerly Drunk on Water Catch-as-Catch-Can Weight Classes Greco-Roman weight Classes Catch-as-Catch-Can Results Greco-Roman Results Charles Edwin Ackerly Olympic Champion Wrestling Team Navy Wrestling Qualifiers Downing Camp Bully Was the Start of Newark Marine Toward Place on Team for Olympic Games at Antwerp

Graeco-Roman - August 15-26 (Level: International, Style: Greco-Roman)
Participating Teams
Belgium [BEL], Denmark [DEN], Finland [FIN], Norway [NOR], Sweden [SWE], United States of America [USA]
Team Final
1. Finland [FIN]  19 points
2. Sweden [SWE]  7
3. Denmark [DEN]  3
4. Norway [NOR]  1
5. Belgium [BEL]  0
United States of America [USA]  0
Placewinners
134 lbs: 2. Heikki Kahkonen (Finland [FIN])
  3. Fritiof Svensson (Sweden [SWE])
  1. Oskari Friman (Finland [FIN])
151 lbs: 1. Emil Vare (Finland [FIN])
  2. Taavi Tamminen (Finland [FIN])
  3. Frithjof Andersen (Norway [NOR])
168 lbs: 2. Arthur Lindfors (Finland [FIN])
  3. Masa Perttila (Finland [FIN])
  1. Carl Westergren (Sweden [SWE])
184 lbs: 1. Claes Johanson (Sweden [SWE])
  2. Edil Rosenqvist (Finland [FIN])
  3. Johannes Eriksen (Denmark [DEN])
HWT: 1. Adolf Lindfors (Finland [FIN])
  2. Poul Hansen (Denmark [DEN])
  3. Martti Nieminen (Finland [FIN])

Catch-As-Catch-Can - August 27-31 (Level: International, Style: Freestyle)
Participating Teams
Belgium [BEL], Finland [FIN], Great Britain [GBR], India [IND], Sweden [SWE], Switzerland [SUI], United States of America [USA]
Team Final
1. United States of America [USA]  9.5 points
2. Finland [FIN]  8
3. Sweden [SWE]  5.33
4. Switzerland [SUI]  5
5. Great Britain [GBR]  2
6. Belgium [BEL]  0
India [IND]  0
Placewinners
119 lbs: 1. Charles Edwin Ackerly (United States of America [USA])
  2. Sam Gerson (United States of America [USA])
  3. Philip Bernard (Great Britain [GBR])
135 lbs: 1. Kalle Anttila (Finland [FIN])
  2. Gottfrid Svensson (Sweden [SWE])
  3. Peter Wright (Great Britain [GBR])
154 lbs: 1. Eino Leino (Finland [FIN])
  2. Vaino Penttala (Finland [FIN])
  3. Charley Johnson (United States of America [USA])
178 lbs: 1. Anders Larsson (Sweden [SWE])
  2. Charles Courant (Switzerland [SUI])
  3. Walter Maurer (United States of America [USA])
HWT: 1. Robert Roth (Switzerland [SUI])
  2. Nat Pendleton (United States of America [USA])
  3. Fred Meyer (United States of America [USA])

Attachments
Cuba Boy on Olympic Team (Wellsville, Jul 19) (PDF)
Is World Champion: Cuba Boy Only American to Capture a First (Cuba, Sep 3) (PDF)
Was a Proud Day for Cuba Folks (Wellsville, Sep 25) (PDF)
Edwin Ackerly Wins Mention In Ripley (Cuba, 1940) (PDF)
Edwin Ackerly, Olympic Champion, Named to Hall of Fame (Cuba, 1961) (PDF)
Newark Boy Goes to Olympic Games (Newark, Jul 16) (PDF)
Newark Boy Qualifies for Olympic Team; Defeated Champion Wrestler of Navy to Obtain Place (Newark, Jul 22) (PDF)
How Cornelius Cornelius Became a Wrestler (Newark, Aug 6) (PDF)
The Army at the Olympic Games (District of Columbia, Jul 31) (PDF)



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