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Eric Lemming

1880 - 1930

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Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Lemming has received more than 42,320 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Lemming is the 81st most popular athlete (up from 86th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 337th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eric Lemming ranks 81 out of 6,025. Before him are Lee Haney, Dorando Pietri, Fritz Hofmann, Vladimir Kuts, Giorgio Pessina, and Ibolya Csák. After him are Henri Eberhardt, Saïd Aouita, Matti Järvinen, Sebastian Coe, Robert Garrett, and Harry Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Eric Lemming ranks 80. Before him are Leon Rupnik, Joseph Trumpeldor, Ivar Kreuger, Tod Browning, Sholem Asch, and Leonard Woolley. After him are Eric Campbell, Hermann von Keyserling, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Lincoln Ellsworth, Carl Van Vechten, and Leonard Woolf. Among people deceased in 1930, Eric Lemming ranks 44. Before him are Simko Shikak, Theodor Nöldeke, José Carlos Mariátegui, Riccardo Drigo, Rafael Merry del Val, and Eduard Meyer. After him are Frank P. Ramsey, Alois Jirásek, Jeppe Aakjær, Mabel Normand, Pierina Legnani, and Emil Krebs.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Eric Lemming ranks 317 out of 1,879. Before him are Håkan the Red (1040), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Krister Henriksson (1946), Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), Lasse Berghagen (1945), and Allan Edwall (1924). After him are Reine Wisell (1941), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), Bo Widerberg (1930), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Eli Heckscher (1879), and Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Eric Lemming ranks 2. Before him are Sigfrid Edström (1870). After him are Klas Lestander (1931), Oscar Swahn (1847), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Nils von Kantzow (1885), Karl Staaf (1881), August Nilsson (1872), Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), Gert Fredriksson (1919), and Henry Eriksson (1920).

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