SWIMMER

Arne Borg

1901 - 1987

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Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a Swedish swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with Edvin Wide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arne Borg has received more than 38,626 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arne Borg is the 47th most popular swimmer (down from 10th in 2019), the 750th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 504th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Arne Borg ranks 47 out of 709. Before her are Albina Osipowich, Willy den Ouden, Alexander Popov, Shigeo Arai, Adelaide Lambert, and Ethel Lackie. After her are Galina Prozumenshchikova, Arati Saha, Fanny Durack, Edgar Adams, Hilde Schrader, and John Derbyshire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Arne Borg ranks 244. Before her are Hermann Josef Abs, Mildred Davis, Arthur Samuel, Frank Churchill, Kwon Ki-ok, and Igor Ilyinsky. After her are José Planas, Karandash, Suzanne Lilar, Óscar Diego Gestido, Victor Leemans, and František Halas. Among people deceased in 1987, Arne Borg ranks 182. Before her are James Jesus Angleton, Franjo Wölfl, Igor Ilyinsky, Galo Plaza, Gerald Moore, and Alphonse Alley. After her are František Šafránek, C. L. Moore, Elizabeth Hartman, Arturo Torres Carrasco, John Hammond, and Hans Gál.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Arne Borg ranks 750 out of 1,879. Before her are Signe Hasso (1915), Gunnar Johansson (1924), Anders Gärderud (1946), Nils Widforss (1880), Måns Zelmerlöw (1986), and Janne Lundblad (1887). After her are Johan Ramstedt (1852), Mic Michaeli (1962), Jens Johansson (1963), Anders Järryd (1961), Sven Thofelt (1904), and Richard Johansson (1882).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Arne Borg ranks 1. After her are Greta Johansson (1895), Martha Norelius (1909), Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Sara Nordenstam (1983).

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