Career
He was a freestyle wrestler and Olympic medalist. Jacob Gundersen was born in Fjære (later incorporated into Grimstad), in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The heavyweight class had eleven competitors, nine wrestlers from the United Kingdom, one from the United States, and Gundersen from Norway.
Gundersen defeated Walter West, Frederick Humphreys and Edward Nixson, but lost to Con O"Kelly in the final.
Jacob Gundersen died in Westchester, New New York