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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 13,164 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Inga Gentzel is the 462nd most popular athlete (down from 375th in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 598th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Inga Gentzel ranks 462 out of 3,059. Before her are Evelyn Ashford, Anders Gärderud, Leonid Taranenko, Jorma Kinnunen, Harold Osborn, and Elfriede Kaun. After her are Tamara Tyshkevich, Bill Holland, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Barbara Jones, Ulf Timmermann, and Renaud Lavillenie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Inga Gentzel ranks 262. Before her are Zainab Biisheva, Hans Werner Richter, Marina Ladynina, Jules Vandooren, Jean-Pierre Wimille, and Vano Muradeli. After her are Kazuo Hasegawa, Boris Rybakov, Ethel Catherwood, Pietro Pastore, Sergey Urusevsky, and Eberardo Villalobos. Among people deceased in 1991, Inga Gentzel ranks 177. Before her are Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg, Lea Padovani, Olga Spessivtseva, Ole Beich, David Marshall Lang, and Daniel Mann. After her are Jean Van Houtte, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John McIntire, Walter Zeman, Franz Brunner, and Oreste Corbatta.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 669 out of 1,612. Before her are Gunnar Fischer (1910), Anders Gärderud (1946), Lea Ahlborn (1826), Alexandra Rapaport (1971), Brita Borg (1926), and Ture Nerman (1886). After her are Carl Holmberg (1884), Sven Andersson (1907), Harry Andersson (1913), Klas Lestander (1931), Ulf Andersson (1951), and Tore Sjöstrand (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 25. Before her are Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Nils Hellsten (1885), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Gunnar Sköld (1894), John Mikaelsson (1913), and Anders Gärderud (1946). After her are Klas Lestander (1931), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), Erik Adlerz (1892), and Axel Norling (1884).

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