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Henrik Sjöberg

1875 - 1905

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Kristian Henrik Rudolf Sjöberg (20 January 1875 in Stockholm – 1 August 1905 in Helsingør) was a Swedish athlete, gymnast and medical student. He competed as the only Swedish participant at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Sjöberg from 1892 competed for Stockholm AF, and in the same year he held the unofficial Swedish record for the long jump with 6.09 metres, even though he completely lacked the support from the Swedish Sports Confederation he refused to see himself omitted from the first Olympic Games.At the 1896 Summer Olympics, Sjöberg competed in five different events, one on the athletics track, three in the athletics field and one as a gymnast, on the track he competed in the 100 metres, his time is unknown and records only show he finished in fourth or fifth place in his heat so didn't qualify for the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henrik Sjöberg has received more than 11,704 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Henrik Sjöberg is the 270th most popular athlete (down from 237th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 511th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Henrik Sjöberg ranks 270 out of 3,059Before him are Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Bernd Kannenberg, Christian d'Oriola, Boughera El Ouafi, Earle Meadows, and Peter Snell. After him are Håkon Brusveen, Kinue Hitomi, Magnar Solberg, George S. Robertson, Richard Sheldon, and Charles Bacon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Henrik Sjöberg ranks 111Before him are Luigi Carnera, Beppo Levi, Charles D. B. King, William D. Leahy, Eusebio Ayala, and Fritz Manteuffel. After him are Uemura Shōen, Marie Marvingt, Henri Callot, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Georgios Papasideris, and Herman Georges Berger. Among people deceased in 1905, Henrik Sjöberg ranks 61Before him are John Hay, Henry Irving, Kārlis Baumanis, Charles Yerkes, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, and Célestine Galli-Marié. After him are Francesco Tamagno, Hranush Arshagyan, Simeon Solomon, Per Teodor Cleve, Theodoros Diligiannis, and Francisco Silvela.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Henrik Sjöberg ranks 545 out of 1,612Before him are Jarl Kulle (1927), Bo Svenson (1941), Harald Edelstam (1913), Henri Saint Cyr (1902), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), and Bert Bolin (1925). After him are Charles De Geer (1720), Kiki Håkansson (1929), Barbro Lindgren (1937), Dan Andersson (1888), Janet Ågren (1949), and Olle Anderberg (1919).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Henrik Sjöberg ranks 10Before him are John Ljunggren (1919), Nils von Kantzow (1885), August Nilsson (1872), Georg Åberg (1893), Gert Fredriksson (1919), and Karl Staaf (1881). After him are Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Henry Eriksson (1920), Lars Hall (1927), Martin Lundström (1918), and Gösta Andersson (1917).