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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 41,059 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hugo Wieslander is the 1,223rd most popular athlete (down from 798th in 2019), the 961st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 784th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hugo Wieslander ranks 1,223 out of 3,059. Before him are Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Charles Jenkins Sr., Victor Verschueren, Frank Odberg, Ursula Donath, and Konstantinos Kenteris. After him are Udham Singh, Douglas Bennett, Klaus Siebert, Therese Zenz, Tiril Eckhoff, and Gösta Lilliehöök.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Hugo Wieslander ranks 245. Before him are Hans Beyer, Otto Scheff, José María Belauste, Carl Folcker, Herbert Hübner, and Vasily Struve. After him are William Keighley, Jamnalal Bajaj, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Benchley, Ray Collins, and Frederico Paredes. Among people deceased in 1976, Hugo Wieslander ranks 223. Before him are Richard Arlen, Toni Ulmen, Henri Eberhardt, Miriam Cooper, Sid James, and Carlo Mattrel. After him are Alexandru Cuedan, Hans Theilig, Rupert Davies, Tadeusz Friedrich, Sybil Thorndike, and Renata Viganò.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hugo Wieslander ranks 961 out of 1,612. Before him are Sverrir Gudnason (1978), Göran Claeson (1945), Pär Zetterberg (1970), Mats Sundin (1971), Barbro Martinsson (1935), and Linn Berggren (1970). After him are Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Johnny Ekström (1965), Birger Sjöberg (1885), Tomas Gustafson (1959), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), and Emilia Rydberg (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Hugo Wieslander ranks 85. Before him are Göte Hagström (1918), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), Lennart Strand (1921), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), and Gunnar Höjer (1875). After him are Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Kurt Lundquist (1925), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Tore Eriksson (1937), and Bengt Nilsson (1934).

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