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Ingemar Johansson

1924 - 2009

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Bror Ingemar Ture Johansson (25 April 1924 – 18 April 2009) was a Swedish race walker who won a silver medal in the 10 km at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingemar Johansson has received more than 764,710 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ingemar Johansson is the 1,297th most popular athlete (down from 583rd in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 730th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ingemar Johansson ranks 1,297 out of 6,025. Before him are Carla Bodendorf, Otto Nilsson, Pietro Speciale, Anvar Ibragimov, Cathy Freeman, and Ernst Larsen. After him are Károly Wieland, John Hansen, Boris Melnikov, Velimir Valenta, Georges Johin, and Bohumil Kudrna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ingemar Johansson ranks 419. Before him are Mohamed M. Atalla, Hubert Curien, Maria Sander, Ken Armstrong, Daniel Akaka, and Joe Gaetjens. After him are Scott Brady, Nicholas Colasanto, Carroll O'Connor, Armando Peraza, Mark Lenard, and Wally Ris. Among people deceased in 2009, Ingemar Johansson ranks 309. Before him are Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Nelson Demarco, Frank Vandenbroucke, Rose Friedman, Lloyd Ruby, and Dana Vávrová. After him are Adriano Directo Emperado, Vladimir Fedotov, Peter Arundell, H. C. Robbins Landon, Heini Walter, and Umaga.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ingemar Johansson ranks 1,006 out of 1,879. Before him are Meja (1969), Sven Utterström (1901), Lennart Strand (1921), Olle Håkansson (1927), Börje Tapper (1922), and Otto Nilsson (1879). After him are Hans Jacobson (1947), Kurt Pettersén (1916), Magnus Uggla (1954), Per Bertilsson (1892), Johanna Sällström (1974), and Lennart Klingström (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Ingemar Johansson ranks 88. Before him are Pierre Thorsson (1966), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Göte Hagström (1918), Erik Svensson (1903), Lennart Strand (1921), and Otto Nilsson (1879). After him are Lennart Klingström (1916), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Harald Julin (1890), Arvid Knöppel (1867), and Gustaf Weidel (1890).

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