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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 12,692 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hans Jacob Nielsen is the 380th most popular athlete (up from 412th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 425th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 380 out of 3,059. Before him are Archon of Pella, Ottavio Missoni, Sándor Rozsnyói, Netti Witziers-Timmer, József Csermák, and Manuel Plaza. After him are Valeri Popenchenko, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Jaroslav Holík, Charles Gmelin, Frank Foss, and Nina Dumbadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 192. Before him are Hart Crane, Gerald Moore, Piero Dusio, Eva Le Gallienne, Robin Hill, and Roger Vitrac. After him are Miyamoto Yuriko, Max Petitpierre, Juan Arremón, Mikhail Zharov, Szolem Mandelbrojt, and Armas Toivonen. Among people deceased in 1967, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 181. Before him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin, Gerhard Ritter, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Jean Alexandre Barré, Gigi Meroni, and Francis Spellman. After him are Ernestas Galvanauskas, Franz Babinger, Anton Walbrook, Ramón Encinas, Walter Krueger, and Percy Hodge.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 422 out of 893. Before him are Ellen Osiier (1890), Niels Neergaard (1854), Wilhelm Bendz (1804), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), and Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815). After him are Anders Hejlsberg (1960), Bodil Joensen (1944), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), August Blom (1869), and Lars Olsen (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Hans Jacob Nielsen ranks 7. Before him are Edgar Aabye (1865), Viggo Jensen (1874), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Lis Hartel (1921), Karen Harup (1924), and Charles Winckler (1867). After him are Karen Hoff (1921), Ernst Schultz (1879), Henry Petersen (1900), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Finn Pedersen (1925), and Lily Carlstedt (1926).

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