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Alfred Schmidt

1898 - 1972

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Alfred Schmidt (from 1936 Ain Sillak, 1 May 1898 – 5 November 1972) was an Estonian featherweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Schmidt first trained in long-distance running, and took up weightlifting in 1919 while serving in the Estonian Army. Next year he won an Olympic silver medal, and in 1922 a national title. At the 1922 World Championships he was not allowed to compete, as he surpassed the body weight limit of his division, and hence acted as an official and referee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Schmidt has received more than 6,689 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alfred Schmidt is the 459th most popular athlete (down from 66th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 45th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Estonian Athlete.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Alfred Schmidt has had the most page views in the with 731 views, followed by Latvian (578), and English (530). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (437.50%), Latvian (72.02%), and Belarusian (66.00%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alfred Schmidt ranks 459 out of 6,025. Before him are Christian d'Oriola, Delfo Cabrera, Helena Fibingerová, Udo Beyer, Gerhard Stöck, and Annelie Ehrhardt. After him are Charley Borah, Håkon Brusveen, Glenn Morris, Joël Robert, Ann-Britt Leyman, and Randy Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Alfred Schmidt ranks 194. Before him are Norman Vincent Peale, Félix Sesúmaga, Renée Adorée, Agnes Ayres, Mikhail Artamonov, and Dorothy Gish. After him are M. Ageyev, Boughera El Ouafi, Harry Patch, Ariel Durant, Philippe Hériat, and Shirley Booth. Among people deceased in 1972, Alfred Schmidt ranks 166. Before him are Martim Mércio da Silveira, Arthur Russell, Cecil Day-Lewis, Jamini Roy, Mikhail Artamonov, and Kenny Dorham. After him are Rudolf Friml, Alexander Bek, Reginald Owen, John Hutchinson, Charu Majumdar, and Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Alfred Schmidt ranks 128 out of 351. Before him are Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Pavel Schilling (1786), Andres Tarand (1940), Konrad Mägi (1878), and Rudolf Tobias (1873). After him are Ragnar Nurkse (1907), Heino Kruus (1926), Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864), Jüri Tamm (1957), Arnold Meri (1919), and Ivo Linna (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In Estonia

Among athletes born in Estonia, Alfred Schmidt ranks 4. Before him are Jüri Lossmann (1891), Jüri Tarmak (1946), and Aleksander Klumberg (1899). After him are Jüri Tamm (1957), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Jaak Uudmäe (1954), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), Bruno Junk (1929), Jaan Talts (1944), Harald Tammer (1899), and Ilmar Kullam (1922).

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