ATHLETE

Hugo Wieslander

1889 - 1976

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Karl Hugo Wieslander (11 June 1889 – 24 May 1976) was a Swedish athlete. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg in 1911 with a score of 5516 points. The following year he finished second in the decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 688 points behind Jim Thorpe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Wieslander has received more than 44,882 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Wieslander is the 1,933rd most popular athlete (down from 1,222nd in 2019), the 1,163rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 960th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hugo Wieslander ranks 1,933 out of 6,025. Before him are Marga Petersen, Joseph Vissers, Burton Jastram, Claudia Testoni, Jasna Kolar-Merdan, and Miroslav Poljak. After him are Thane Baker, Vitold Kreyer, Jean Gachet, Bob Schul, Jess Thorup, and Serafim Todorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Hugo Wieslander ranks 292. Before him are G. D. H. Cole, Roberto Ferrari, Virgilio Mantegazza, William Keighley, Vilhelm Wolfhagen, and Marjorie Rambeau. After him are George Hutson, Robert Benchley, Moroni Olsen, George S. Kaufman, Annie Speirs, and James Stephenson. Among people deceased in 1976, Hugo Wieslander ranks 258. Before him are Piero Scotti, Justin McCarthy, Hans Theilig, Hisakichi Toyoda, August Heim, and Nikolai Ekk. After him are Renata Viganò, Tadeusz Friedrich, Cathy Downs, DeHart Hubbard, Alfredo Pitto, and Alan Baxter.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hugo Wieslander ranks 1,163 out of 1,879. Before him are Kent Nilsson (1956), Bo Ralph (1945), Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861), Mikael Niemi (1959), Henry Jonsson (1912), and Bosson (1969). After him are Hannes Holm (1962), Kristina Hautala (1948), Anders Wejryd (1948), Karin Dreijer (1975), Carolina Klüft (1983), and Alexander Isak (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Hugo Wieslander ranks 121. Before him are Karl Malmström (1875), Stig Sjölin (1928), Bjarne Andersson (1940), Gunnar Larsson (1944), Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), and Henry Jonsson (1912). After him are Carolina Klüft (1983), Janne Stefansson (1935), Kurt Lundquist (1925), Stefan Lövgren (1970), Eva Korpela (1958), and Tomas Johansson (1962).

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