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Gunnar Lindström

1896 - 1951

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Nils Gunnar Lindström (11 February 1896 – 6 October 1951) was a Swedish javelin thrower. He competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and finished in sixth, second and fourteenth place, respectively. His younger brother Elof was also an Olympic javelin thrower.On 12 October 1924 Lindström set a world record at 66.62 m that stood for three years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Lindström has received more than 12,142 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gunnar Lindström is the 654th most popular athlete (down from 589th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 736th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Over the past year Gunnar Lindström has had the most page views in the with 1,109 views, followed by Dutch (732), and Swedish (722). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (90.43%), Danish (49.65%), and Persian (35.24%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gunnar Lindström ranks 654 out of 6,025Before her are Carl Silfverstrand, Maurice Greene, Anni Steuer, Ottavio Missoni, Jean Cau, and Bruno Junk. After her are Tim Ahearne, Amos Biwott, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Blondin, Carlo Pavesi, and Charles Greene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Gunnar Lindström ranks 201Before her are Constantin Rădulescu, Ivan Merz, Hermann Jónasson, Ruben Lagus, Eric Backman, and Esteban Canal. After her are Paul van Ostaijen, Agustín Sancho, Lotte Jacobi, Jack Pickford, Walter Breuning, and Alberto Vargas. Among people deceased in 1951, Gunnar Lindström ranks 137Before her are Levon Shant, Nora Barnacle, Will Keith Kellogg, Fanny Brice, María Grever, and Ignaty Krachkovsky. After her are Pauline Pfeiffer, William Birdwood, Pierre Braine, Zoltán Mechlovits, Ivor Novello, and Gaston Peltier.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Lindström ranks 765 out of 1,879Before her are Carl Silfverstrand (1885), Göran Claeson (1945), Jan Arnald (1963), Kurt Axelsson (1941), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), and Jörgen Persson (1966). After her are Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Gösta Andersson (1917), Gunnar Fischer (1910), Mari Jungstedt (1962), Brita Borg (1926), and Inger Berggren (1934).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gunnar Lindström ranks 35Before her are Axel Norling (1884), Anders Gärderud (1946), Janne Lundblad (1887), Sven Thofelt (1904), Bo Lindman (1899), and Carl Silfverstrand (1885). After her are Gösta Andersson (1917), Bengt Eriksson (1931), Karl Johan Svensson (1887), Konrad Granström (1900), Gustaf Söderström (1865), and Gösta Lilliehöök (1884).