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Andreas Thorkildsen

1982 - Today

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Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to simultaneously be European, World and Olympic Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Thorkildsen has received more than 271,382 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Thorkildsen is the 1,971st most popular athlete (down from 1,917th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Norway (up from 573rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andreas Thorkildsen ranks 1,971 out of 6,025. Before him are Ursula Knab, Margitta Pufe, Henry Proctor, Frank Rühle, Alfred Probst, and Ottó Boros. After him are María Caridad Colón, Edwin Graves, Josef Doležal, Jiří Lanský, Ekkehard Fasser, and Ron Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Andreas Thorkildsen ranks 189. Before him are Paolo Giordano, Marjorie Estiano, Steven Pienaar, Liam McIntyre, Andoni Iraola, and Vera Brezhneva. After him are Lee Si-young, Gabriel Luna, Tom Payne, Kyoko Fukada, Achille Emaná, and Kim Ah-joong.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Andreas Thorkildsen ranks 517 out of 1,039. Before him are Kjetil Rekdal (1968), Stine Bredal Oftedal (1991), Alf Hansen (1948), Siv Jensen (1969), Bjørg Eva Jensen (1960), and Jan Egeland (1957). After him are Petter Northug (1986), Sverre Sørsdal (1900), Alexander Sørloth (1995), Alf Martinsen (1911), Hakon Barfod (1926), and Nora Mørk (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Andreas Thorkildsen ranks 50. Before him are Eirik Kvalfoss (1959), Kim Ji-soo (null), Bjørn Paulson (1923), Emil Hegle Svendsen (1985), Brit Pettersen (1961), and Alf Hansen (1948). After him are Hakon Barfod (1926), Fred Børre Lundberg (1969), Leif Jenssen (1948), Tiril Eckhoff (1990), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (1990), and Karsten Warholm (1996).

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