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Inga Gentzel

1908 - 1991

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Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics, she set a new world record in this event, broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games. Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inga Gentzel has received more than 14,336 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Inga Gentzel is the 819th most popular athlete (down from 462nd in 2019), the 843rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 668th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Inga Gentzel ranks 819 out of 6,025. Before her are Andy Stanfield, Kjell Bäckman, Mark Midler, Halina Górecka, Diana Yorgova, and Rita Kühne. After her are Oscar Goßler, Vladimir Yashchenko, Giuseppina Leone, Franco Bertinetti, Ugo Pignotti, and Barbora Špotáková.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Inga Gentzel ranks 311. Before her are Roger Beaufrand, Ion Lăpușneanu, Jiro Sato, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Louis L'Amour, and Natalya Baranskaya. After her are Ugo Pignotti, Erik Almgren, Yvette Cauchois, Pierre Graber, Buster Crabbe, and Morris Kline. Among people deceased in 1991, Inga Gentzel ranks 198. Before her are Jean Van Houtte, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Marshall Lang, Ken Uehara, Ismat Chughtai, and Daniel Oduber Quirós. After her are Márcio Melo, Eva Bosáková, Daniel Mann, Fiorenzo Marini, Ken Curtis, and Carl-Erik Holmberg.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 843 out of 1,879. Before her are Emil Forsberg (1991), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Lennart Samuelsson (1924), Kjell Bäckman (1934), and Esbjörn Svensson (1964). After her are Tim Sköld (1966), Göran Tunström (1937), Erik Almgren (1908), Anders Svensson (1976), Kjell Espmark (1930), and Puma Swede (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 47. Before her are Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Johan Jarlén (1880), Erik Larsson (1912), Per Berlin (1921), Nils Hellsten (1885), and Kjell Bäckman (1934). After her are Nils Täpp (1917), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Erik Almlöf (1891), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), and Alfred Swahn (1879).

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