Carl Albert "Flisa" Andersen (15 August 1876 in

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– 28 September 1951 in

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) was a

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er,

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, and

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who competed in the

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and the

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. As an athlete Andersen represented the

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club and set many Norwegian national records as well as being national champion in the pole vault and high jump in 1896, 1897 and 1900. Andersen participated in

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and competed in two field events, and won the

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in the

, he jumped 3.20 metres and finished behind two Americans

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and

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, earlier in the day he had competed in the

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and jumped 1.70 metres to finish tied for fourth place just 5 centimetres behind another bronze medal. At the

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, he was a member of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which consisted of 20 gymnasts, and went on to win the gold medal in the team, Swedish system event ahead of

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, he also competed in the individual all round five events competition and finished in 23rd position. Andersen also competed at the

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, again he was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team that participated in the All round team event, and this time they finished in second place behind the

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team. Andersen died in his hometown of

in 1951 aged 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Carl Albert 1876 births 1951 deaths Norwegian male pole vaulters Norwegian male high jumpers Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway Olympic gymnasts of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Oslo Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male high jumpers Athletes from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people