1946 - Today
Sven Anders Gärderud (born 28 August 1946) is a Swedish former track and field athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.Gärderud was born to an orienteering competitor, and was an accomplished orienteer himself, winning a team gold medal at the 1977 Swedish Championships. He initially trained in orienteering and changed sports by chance – he was banned from running in the woods in autumn 1961 due to a jaundice epidemic and wandered into an athletic hall.Gärderud experimented with several events before focusing on the 3000 m steeplechase. His first major competition were the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the heats of 800 m and 1500 m. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anders Gärderud has received more than 33,064 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anders Gärderud is the 457th most popular athlete (up from 613th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 723rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swedish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Anders Gärderud ranks 457 out of 3,059. Before him are John Mikaelsson, Lewis Sheldon, Miltiadis Gouskos, Arthur Jonath, Dexter Jackson, and Evelyn Ashford. After him are Leonid Taranenko, Jorma Kinnunen, Harold Osborn, Elfriede Kaun, Inga Gentzel, and Tamara Tyshkevich.
1913 - 1987
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 451
1874 - 1960
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 452
1877 - 1904
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 453
1909 - 1963
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 454
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 455
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 456
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 457
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 458
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 459
1899 - 1975
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 460
1914 - 2008
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 461
1908 - 1991
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 462
1931 - 1997
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 463
Among people born in 1946, Anders Gärderud ranks 434. Before him are Ralph Gonsalves, Ramazan Abdulatipov, Ryszard Szurkowski, Józef Oleksy, Nicholas Clay, and Alan Dean Foster. After him are Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Beth Carvalho, Suze Randall, Antonis Antoniadis, Roy Thomas Baker, and Hayley Mills.
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 428
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 429
1946 - 2021
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 430
1946 - 2015
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 431
1946 - 2000
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 432
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 433
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 434
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 435
1946 - 2019
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 436
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 437
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 438
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 439
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 440
Among people born in Sweden, Anders Gärderud ranks 664 out of 1,612. Before him are Maria Bonnevie (1973), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Johan Andreas Murray (1740), John Mikaelsson (1913), Anders Järryd (1961), and Gunnar Fischer (1910). After him are Lea Ahlborn (1826), Alexandra Rapaport (1971), Brita Borg (1926), Ture Nerman (1886), Inga Gentzel (1908), and Carl Holmberg (1884).
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 658
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 659
1740 - 1791
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 660
1913 - 1987
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 661
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 662
1910 - 2011
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 663
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 664
1826 - 1897
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 665
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 666
1926 - 2010
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 667
1886 - 1969
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 668
1908 - 1991
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 669
1884 - 1909
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 670
Among athletes born in Sweden, Anders Gärderud ranks 24. Before him are Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Nils Hellsten (1885), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Gunnar Sköld (1894), and John Mikaelsson (1913). After him are Inga Gentzel (1908), Klas Lestander (1931), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), and Erik Adlerz (1892).
1922 - 2017
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 19
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 20
1933 - 2018
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 21
1894 - 1971
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 22
1913 - 1987
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 24
1908 - 1991
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 25
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 26
1921 - 2011
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 27
1925 - 2022
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 28
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 29
1892 - 1975
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 30