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Ferdinand Bie

1888 - 1961

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Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (16 February 1888 – 9 November 1961) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in pentathlon. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for having played semi-professional baseball in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Bie has received more than 23,295 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ferdinand Bie is the 692nd most popular athlete (down from 411th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Norway (down from 298th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ferdinand Bie ranks 692 out of 3,059Before him are Vladimir Kiselyov, Veniamin Soldatenko, Georges Johin, William Grut, Zara Tindall, and Erik Almlöf. After him are Annelie Ehrhardt, Carlo Pavesi, Birger Sörvik, Yngvar Bryn, Frederick Schule, and Erich Borchmeyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Ferdinand Bie ranks 200Before him are Boris Verlinsky, Martin Benka, Maurice Schilles, Sándor Pósta, Tryggve Gran, and Bob Glendenning. After him are Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Hank Mann, Roger Ducret, Charles Winslow, Guido Romano, and Andreas Cervin. Among people deceased in 1961, Ferdinand Bie ranks 146Before him are Boris Vilkitsky, Robert L. Eichelberger, Eliseo Mouriño, Max Schöne, Ernest Payne, and Albert Oldman. After him are Guy de Luget, Anita Stewart, Max Hainle, Alberto Galateo, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Richard Gunn.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ferdinand Bie ranks 328 out of 927Before him are Reidar Andersen (1911), Jan Axel Blomberg (1969), Tryggve Gran (1888), Dag Solstad (1941), Magnar Isaksen (1910), and Øivind Holmsen (1912). After him are Lene Nystrøm (1973), Yngvar Bryn (1881), Knut Knudsen (1950), Finn Helgesen (1919), Audun Boysen (1929), and Lars Christensen (1884).

Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Ferdinand Bie ranks 16Before him are Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Berit Mørdre (1940), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Sverre Stenersen (1926), Grete Waitz (1953), and Halvard Hanevold (1969). After him are Yngvar Bryn (1881), Audun Boysen (1929), Charles Mathiesen (1911), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), and Simon Slåttvik (1917).