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Hans Jacob Nielsen

1899 - 1967

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Hans Jacob Nielsen (2 September 1899 in Næstved – 6 February 1967 in Aalborg) was a Danish featherweight and lightweight boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category, defeating Alfredo Copello in the final. His first Olympic appearance was at the 1920 Antwerp Games when he was eliminated in the second round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to James Cater. At the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928, Nielsen tried to defend his Olympic title in the lightweight division but lost in the semifinal to the eventual gold medalist Carlo Orlandi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Jacob Nielsen has received more than 13,694 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Jacob Nielsen is the 783rd most popular athlete (down from 380th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 420th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 783 out of 6,025. Before him are George Underwood, Oreste Puliti, Charles Asati, Charles Reidpath, Richard Murphy, and Arno Bieberstein. After him are Glenn Hardin, Janet Moreau, Henri Lepage, Per Berlin, Nils Hellsten, and Kōkichi Tsuburaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 241. Before him are Harald Tammer, Yervand Kochar, Charlotte Auerbach, James Smith McDonnell, Pat O'Brien, and Juan Arremón. After him are John Qualen, Ian Keith, Maurice Carême, Gregory Breit, Alexander Nesmeyanov, and Guy Butler. Among people deceased in 1967, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 214. Before him are Péter Tóth, Bert Lahr, Alfred Felber, György Bródy, Phyllis Johnson, and Anton Walbrook. After him are Vilho Tuulos, Renzo De Vecchi, Michael J. Adams, Fridrikh Ermler, Ulderico Sergo, and Sergey Gorodetsky.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 513 out of 1,032. Before him are Thomas Gravesen (1976), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), August Blom (1869), Betty Nansen (1873), Paprika Steen (1964), and Henning Enoksen (1935). After him are Tom Belsø (1942), Jens Christian Christensen (1856), Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (1888), Martin Braithwaite (1991), Otto Liebe (1860), and Klaus Berntsen (1844).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 10. Before him are Karen Harup (1924), Lis Hartel (1921), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Eugen Schmidt (1862), and Karen Hoff (1921). After him are Henry Petersen (1900), Kurt Helmudt (1943), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Finn Haunstoft (1928), Erik Hansen (1939), and Lily Carlstedt (1926).

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