{{Short description|American biathlete (1939–2016)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Charlie Akers | full_name = Charles Arthur Akers | image = | caption = | national_team = {{FlagIOC|USA}} | spouse = Linda Akers | sport = Biathlon | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|7|12}} | birth_place = Rumford, Maine, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|30|1939|7|12}}<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|url = https://www.legacyalaska.com/obituaries/Charles-Akers-3/#!/Obituary|title = Obituary for Charles "Charlie" Akers|date = July 2016|publisher = Legacy Funeral Homes|access-date = 24 July 2019}}</ref> | death_place = Palmer, Alaska, United States }}

'''Charles Arthur Akers'''<ref name="oly">{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/83511 |title=Charlie Akers |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> (July 12, 1939 &ndash; June 30, 2016) was an American biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1964 Winter Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/charlie-akers-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/charlie-akers-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Charlie Akers Olympic Results |accessdate=May 31, 2019}}</ref>

Akers grew up in Andover, Maine, attended the University of Maine, and retired to Palmer, Alaska after his athletics career, becoming a member of the National Ski Patrol.<ref name="oly"/>

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