Bernhoff Hansen

Olympic wrestler (1877-1950)

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Born

17 August 1877, Saltdal Municipality

Died

22 December 1950, Smithtown

Citizenship

Norway, United States

Sport

amateur wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Bernhoff Otelius Hansen (August 17, 1877 – December 22, 1950) was a Norwegian-American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Rognan in Saltdal Municipality, Norway. Originally, he was a wrestler in Nordland, but one and a half years before the 1904 Olympic Games, he left Norway for the United States.

Norway did not send a team to the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. However, like his Norwegian compatriot Charles Ericksen, Hansen was affiliated with the Brooklyn-based 'Norwegian Turnverein', agymnastic club in New York, which sponsored his participation in the 1904 Olympics. He won the gold medal in the freestyle heavyweight event by winning all his three matches by fall. The Olympic tournament also served as the AAU Wrestling Championships. Hansen successfully defended his AAU heavyweight title in 1905, his only other U.S. championship.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1804533 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.