Charles Haberkorn

{{Short description|American sport wrestler}}

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| name = Charles Haberkorn

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| birth_name = Karl Haberkorn

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|11|16|df=y}}{{efn|

Some sources incorrectly give his birth date as March 31, 1874.{{cite web|title=Obituaries|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv5n2/JOHv5n2l.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912011921/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv5n2/JOHv5n2l.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2016 }}}}

| birth_place = Kingdom of Württemberg

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|11|26|1880|11|16|df=y}}

| death_place = St Louis, Missouri

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| sport = tug of war

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{{MedalSport | Men's Tug of war}}

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Charles Haberkorn (born Karl Haberkorn; 16 November 1880 – 26 November 1966), later Habercorn, was a German-American tug of war competitor and wrestler who participated in both sports in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

In the 1904 Olympics, he won a bronze medal as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Olympic|url=https://www.olympic.org/charles-haberkorn|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926034630/https://www.olympic.org/charles-haberkorn |archive-date=2016-09-26 |access-date=|website=}} which is officially considered a mixed team.{{Cite web|last=IOC|title=St. Louis 1904 tug of war men Results - Olympic tug-of-war|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-louis-1904/results/tug-of-war/tug-of-war-men|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}

As a wrestler, he competed in the freestyle lightweight category and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He was born in Württemberg, Germany and died in St. Louis, Missouri.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18269 |title=Charles Haberkorn |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 23, 2021}}

Haberkorn was born in the Kingdom of Württemberg and immigrated to St. Louis in 1894 with his family. He became a U.S. citizen in 1911.Missouri, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1856–1942

He died in November 1966, two days after being severely burned in an accident trying to light his gas oven.Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910–1969