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Folke Alnevik

1919 - 2020

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Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His best results were in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and the 1948 Summer Olympics. Alnevik was a career military officer and retired with the rank of Major. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Folke Alnevik has received more than 14,961 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Folke Alnevik is the 1,645th most popular athlete (down from 791st in 2019), the 1,105th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 826th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Folke Alnevik ranks 1,645 out of 6,025. Before him are Müzahir Sille, Svetlana Krachevskaya, Paula Marosi, Alejandro Casañas, Bernard Malivoire, and Jadwiga Wajs. After him are Róbert Antal, Queenie Newall, Vladimír Růžička, Kálmán Markovits, Gerd Kanter, and Jakov Fak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Folke Alnevik ranks 315. Before him are Ernie Kovacs, André Guelfi, John Houbolt, Clifford Truesdell, Betty Garrett, and Cecil Green. After him are Edward Brooke, Karel Senecký, Aleksandr Volodin, Tommy Lawton, Alla Rakha, and Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng. Among people deceased in 2020, Folke Alnevik ranks 643. Before him are Leonid Potapov, Ernesto Canto, Yawovi Agboyibo, Dennis Ralston, Bob Gibson, and Gilberto Penayo. After him are Péter Marót, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Constand Viljoen, Kurt Stettler, Blagoja Georgievski, and Zindzi Mandela.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Folke Alnevik ranks 1,105 out of 1,879. Before him are Sebastian Ingrosso (1983), Håkan Malmrot (1900), Peter Larsson (1961), Claes-Göran Hederström (1945), Mikael Pernfors (1963), and Ljubomir Vranjes (1973). After him are Ola Toivonen (1986), Bengt Nilsson (1934), Victor Lindelöf (1994), Otto von Porat (1903), Jean-Paul Vonderburg (1964), and Christer Björkman (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Folke Alnevik ranks 109. Before him are Gustaf Lindblom (1891), Birger Cederin (1895), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Ragnar Lundberg (1924), Bo Ekelund (1894), and Håkan Malmrot (1900). After him are Bengt Nilsson (1934), Josef Ternström (1888), Gösta Runö (1896), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Tore Eriksson (1937), and Karl Malmström (1875).

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