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Gert Fredriksson

1919 - 2006

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Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds (1948: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1952: K-1 1000 m, 1956: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1960: K-2 1000 m), one silver (1952: K-1 10000 m), and one bronze (K-1 1000 m). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gert Fredriksson has received more than 40,932 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gert Fredriksson is the 246th most popular athlete (down from 180th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 448th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gert Fredriksson ranks 246 out of 3,059Before him are Joseph Guillemot, Dominik Hašek, Ole Ellefsæter, Kenenisa Bekele, Maxie Long, and Alexander Ragulin. After him are Benjamin Kogo, Lis Hartel, Ludvík Daněk, Hicham El Guerrouj, Dimitrios Golemis, and Veikko Karvonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gert Fredriksson ranks 185Before him are Karl H. Pribram, Paolo Soleri, Carole Landis, Eva Gabor, Jüri Järvet, and Sam Wanamaker. After him are Robert Pinget, Arthur Cronquist, Eileen Heckart, Benny Moré, Béla Sárosi, and Mustai Karim. Among people deceased in 2006, Gert Fredriksson ranks 195Before him are Octavia E. Butler, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Lars Korvald, Ion Drîmbă, Arif Mardin, and Jean-Louis de Rambures. After him are Runer Jonsson, Tadao Onishi, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Ray Barretto, Maxi Herber, and Pjetër Arbnori.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gert Fredriksson ranks 517 out of 1,612Before him are Sonja Edström (1930), Johan David Åkerblad (1763), Karin Lindberg (1929), Magnus Wislander (1964), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), and David Lagercrantz (1962). After him are Bruno Liljefors (1860), Rickard Sandler (1884), Moa Martinson (1890), Tommy Körberg (1948), Karl Staaff (1860), and Björn Skifs (1947).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gert Fredriksson ranks 8Before him are Eric Lemming (1880), Oscar Swahn (1847), John Ljunggren (1919), Nils von Kantzow (1885), August Nilsson (1872), and Georg Åberg (1893). After him are Karl Staaf (1881), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Henry Eriksson (1920), and Lars Hall (1927).