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Bengt Baron

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Bengt Baron (born 6 March 1962) is a business leader and former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 m freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. An undergraduate student from the University of California, Baron was named into its Hall of Fame in 1999. In the years 1979–1985 he won a total number of 33 Swedish titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Bengt Baron is the 285th most popular swimmer (down from 258th in 2024), the 1,411th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,391st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Bengt Baron ranks 285 out of 709. Before him are Camille Muffat, Lyn McClements, Kathleen Nord, Milorad Čavić, Igor Polyansky, and Tiffany Cohen. After him are Mike Bruner, John Naber, Rūta Meilutytė, Laure Manaudou, Florent Manaudou, and Aliaksandra Herasimenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Bengt Baron ranks 877. Before him are Deirdre Lovejoy, Harald Winkler, Bruce Robertson, Mark Pellington, Nergüin Enkhbat, and Andrei Kravchuk. After him are Nico Rienks, Sylvia Rose, Leif Engqvist, Kossi Efoui, Volodymyr Sheiko, and Ronny Jordan.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt Baron ranks 1,411 out of 1,879. Before him are Emma Johansson (1983), Håkan Hellström (1974), Anna Ottosson (1976), Yung Lean (1996), Mikael Tillström (1972), and Gottfrid Svartholm (1984). After him are Jessica Folcker (1975), Leif Engqvist (1962), Mikael Lustig (1986), Rade Prica (1980), Peter Sunde (1978), and Anna Bågenholm (1970).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Bengt Baron ranks 11. Before him are Greta Johansson (1895), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Pär Arvidsson (1960), Agneta Eriksson (1965), and Therese Alshammar (1977). After him are Lars Frölander (1974), Per Johansson (1963), Anders Holmertz (1968), Anna-Karin Kammerling (1980), Sara Nordenstam (1983), and Jennie Johansson (1988).

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