CYCLIST

Henry Hansen

1902 - 1985

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Henry Peter Christian Hansen (16 March 1902 – 28 March 1985) was a Danish road racing cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Hansen won the world title in 1931 and placed in the top 10 at three other world championships. At the Nordic Championships, he won the individual road race in 1925–1927 and 1929, and held the team title in 1926 and 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Hansen has received more than 4,700 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Hansen is the 80th most popular cyclist, the 350th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 368th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Henry Hansen ranks 80 out of 1,613. Before him are Romain Maes, Sylvère Maes, Pino Cerami, José Manuel Fuente, Renato Longo, and Ercole Baldini. After him are Julio Jiménez, Fiorenzo Magni, Jean Robic, Vittorio Adorni, Attilio Pavesi, and Jan de Vries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Henry Hansen ranks 177. Before him are Andrés Mazali, Valerian Zorin, Sergey Lebedev, Ilmari Salminen, Edward Condon, and Juan Evaristo. After him are Emanuel Feuermann, Carlos Vidal, Vissarion Shebalin, Manuel Seoane, Jan Kiepura, and Margaret Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1985, Henry Hansen ranks 120. Before him are Iosif Shklovsky, Dmitry Belyayev, Julia Robinson, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, René Barjavel, and Ernest Nagel. After him are Sanjeev Kumar, Margaret Hamilton, Penn Nouth, Helene Engelmann, Gaston Rébuffat, and Vladimir Kokkinaki.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henry Hansen ranks 350 out of 1,032. Before him are Søren Kam (1921), Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), Olafur Eliasson (1967), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Johannes Ewald (1743), and Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120). After him are Jakob Nielsen (1957), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706), Bernhard Rogge (1899), Greta Andersen (1927), and Thorkild Hansen (1927).

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Among CYCLISTS In Denmark

Among cyclists born in Denmark, Henry Hansen ranks 3. Before him are Tony Rominger (1961), and Bjarne Riis (1964). After him are Ole Ritter (1941), Willy Hansen (1906), Jonas Vingegaard (1996), Leif Mortensen (1946), Michael Rasmussen (1974), Mogens Frey (1941), Gunnar Asmussen (1944), Axel Schandorff (1925), and Peder Pedersen (1945).

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