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Bengt Nilsson

1934 - 2018

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Bengt Nilsson (17 February 1934 – 11 May 2018) was a Swedish high jumper. In 1954 he won the Swedish and European titles and set a European record at 2.11 m; later that year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Nilsson got injured at the 1956 Summer Olympics and finished only 26th. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bengt Nilsson has received more than 3,931 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bengt Nilsson is the 1,730th most popular athlete (down from 1,438th in 2019), the 1,107th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,015th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bengt Nilsson ranks 1,730 out of 6,025. Before him are Alfred Lane, Helmut Berthold, Giancarlo Ferrari, Erika Lechner, Katrin Krabbe, and Carl Osburn. After him are Francis Frederick, Anna Dresden-Polak, Lyudmila Titova, Konstantin Volkov, Dragutin Topić, and Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bengt Nilsson ranks 497. Before him are Jackie Pretorius, Bent Peder Rasch, José Villegas, Rico Rodriguez, James Sikking, and Nidal Al Achkar. After him are Stanton T. Friedman, David Halberstam, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Nikola Kovachev, Ahmad NikTalab, and James Flynn. Among people deceased in 2018, Bengt Nilsson ranks 469. Before him are Gennadi Gagulia, John Perry Barlow, Rim Banna, Frank Ramsey, Donald H. Peterson, and Angelo Vanzin. After him are Johan van Hulst, Stanley Anderson, Danny Kirwan, Edwin Hawkins, Matti Kassila, and Reg E. Cathey.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt Nilsson ranks 1,107 out of 1,879. Before him are Peter Larsson (1961), Claes-Göran Hederström (1945), Mikael Pernfors (1963), Ljubomir Vranjes (1973), Folke Alnevik (1919), and Ola Toivonen (1986). After him are Victor Lindelöf (1994), Otto von Porat (1903), Jean-Paul Vonderburg (1964), Christer Björkman (1957), Niclas Alexandersson (1971), and Magnus Hedman (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Bengt Nilsson ranks 110. Before him are Birger Cederin (1895), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Ragnar Lundberg (1924), Bo Ekelund (1894), Håkan Malmrot (1900), and Folke Alnevik (1919). After him are Josef Ternström (1888), Gösta Runö (1896), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Tore Eriksson (1937), Karl Malmström (1875), and Stig Sjölin (1928).

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