Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Charles Howard•Anderson |
Used name | Charles•Anderson |
Born | 24 October 1914 in Westminster, California (USA) |
Died | 27 March 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen (GER) |
Affiliations | US Army, (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Lt. Col. Charles Anderson was lying second in the individual competition of the Three-Day Event after two days, but dropped to fourth in the individual placings. Anderson was a graduate of West Point, class of ‘38, and later became a career army officer, retiring in 1966, as a full colonel. He served with the Airborne Division during World War II.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1948 Summer Olympics | Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) | USA | Charles Anderson | |||
Individual, Men (Olympic) | Reno Palisade | 4 | ||||
Team, Men (Olympic) | Reno Palisade / United States | 1 | Gold |