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Gösta Andersson

1917 - 1975

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Erik Gösta Andersson (15 February 1917 – 12 September 1975), known as Gösta Andersson, was a Swedish welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. In the 1948 final against Miklós Szilvási Andersson cut his eyebrow while leading 3:0. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gösta Andersson has received more than 2,849 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gösta Andersson is the 663rd most popular athlete (down from 364th in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 612th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gösta Andersson ranks 663 out of 6,025. Before him are Akilles Järvinen, Charles Blondin, Carlo Pavesi, Charles Greene, Durward Knowles, and Fernando Altimani. After him are Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, Mike Larrabee, Bill Roberts, František Čapek, Anfisa Reztsova, and Nelson Prudêncio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Gösta Andersson ranks 253. Before him are Juan Tuñas, Vernon A. Walters, Edgar Barth, Phyllis Diller, William P. Gottlieb, and Durward Knowles. After him are Kenkichi Iwasawa, Tony Cliff, Richard Boone, Pavel Solovyov, Luigi Cantone, and Freddie Francis. Among people deceased in 1975, Gösta Andersson ranks 191. Before him are Nilo Murtinho Braga, Boris Babochkin, Marc Wright, Carl O. Sauer, Carl Silfverstrand, and Carlos Raúl Villanueva. After him are Larry Fine, Gabriel Aresti, Hermann Paul Müller, Åge Lundström, Lajos Steiner, and Antonio Vojak.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gösta Andersson ranks 767 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Arnald (1963), Kurt Axelsson (1941), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Jörgen Persson (1966), Gunnar Lindström (1896), and Anna Maria Lenngren (1754). After him are Gunnar Fischer (1910), Mari Jungstedt (1962), Brita Borg (1926), Inger Berggren (1934), Ann Linde (1961), and Bertha Valerius (1824).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gösta Andersson ranks 36. Before him are Anders Gärderud (1946), Janne Lundblad (1887), Sven Thofelt (1904), Bo Lindman (1899), Carl Silfverstrand (1885), and Gunnar Lindström (1896). After him are Bengt Eriksson (1931), Karl Johan Svensson (1887), Konrad Granström (1900), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), and Johan Jarlén (1880).

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