SKATER

Clas Thunberg

1893 - 1973

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Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893 – 28 April 1973) was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 (along with a silver and a bronze medal) and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He was the most successful athlete at both of these Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1928 Winter Olympics with Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clas Thunberg has received more than 40,904 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Clas Thunberg is the 7th most popular skater, the 84th most popular biography from Finland (down from 69th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Clas Thunberg ranks 7 out of 483. Before him are Sonja Henie, Adelina Sotnikova, Oleg Protopopov, Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, and Tonya Harding. After him are Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Ondrej Nepela, Ivar Ballangrud, Ludmila Belousova, and Karl Schäfer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Clas Thunberg ranks 92. Before him are Aarre Merikanto, Miloš Crnjanski, Władysław Strzemiński, Alfréd Schaffer, William Dieterle, and Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa. After him are Gillis Grafström, Merian C. Cooper, Edsel Ford, Raymond Dart, Gaston Julia, and Nestor Lakoba. Among people deceased in 1973, Clas Thunberg ranks 95. Before him are P. Ramlee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roger Williamson, Lorenzo Fernández, Maurice René Fréchet, and Jarno Saarinen. After him are Marthe Bibesco, Merian C. Cooper, Fuad Chehab, Helen Parkhurst, Gene Krupa, and Alois Hába.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Clas Thunberg ranks 84 out of 751. Before him are Peter Forsskål (1732), Pekka Haavisto (1958), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Edvard Westermarck (1862), and Matthias Castrén (1813). After him are Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Liisi Oterma (1915), Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), and Aimo Cajander (1879).

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Among SKATERS In Finland

Among skaters born in Finland, Clas Thunberg ranks 1. After him are Walter Jakobsson (1882), Kaija Mustonen (1941), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Kiira Korpi (1988), and Laura Lepistö (1988).

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