Christian Henrik Hansen (26 May 1920 – 23 August 2010) was a Danish

sport wrestler Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced in collegiate, school, or other amateur level competitions. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Both styles are under the ...

. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, welterweight class, at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

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. Next year he competed in

freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestli ...

at European championships and placed fifth.Hansen, Henrik Christian (DEN)
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1920 births 2010 deaths Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Danish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Frederiksværk Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish people {{Denmark-wrestling-bio-stub