- Carl Albert Andersen
:"Not to be confused with the Danish
gymnast and Olympic competitorCarl Andersen or with another Danishgymnast and Olympic gold medalist CarlRudolf Andersen .:"For the
Minnesota politician, seeHerman Carl Andersen ".Carl Albert "Flisa" Andersen (
August 15 ,1876 –September 28 ,1951 ) was a Norwegianpole vault er,high jumper , andgymnast who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.He participated in
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics inParis and won thebronze medal in the men's pole vault as well as taking fourth in the high jump.Meredith Colket won silver. Andersen also finished fourth in high jump.At the
1906 Summer Olympics inAthens , he was a member of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the gold medal in the team, Swedish system event.In 1908 he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event with the Norwegian team.
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ANDERFLI01 profile]
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