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Karen Harup

1924 - 2009

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Karen Margrethe Harup Petersen (20 November 1924 – 9 July 2009) was a Danish swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won three medals: a gold in the 100 m backstroke and silvers in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle, placing fourth in the 100 m freestyle. She won three more gold medals at the 1947 European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Harup has received more than 21,740 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Harup is the 282nd most popular athlete (down from 231st in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 360th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karen Harup ranks 282 out of 3,059Before her are Charles Bacon, Janet Moreau, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Joël Robert, and Éva Székely. After her are Andreas Krieger, Livio Berruti, Tinus Osendarp, Ugo Frigerio, Jaak Uudmäe, and András Balczó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Karen Harup ranks 259Before her are Colleen Dewhurst, Rafael Iglesias, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Alberto Uria, Anthony Caro, and Claribel Alegría. After her are William Rehnquist, Phyllis Schlafly, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Jimmy Gardner, Robert Bolt, and Jane Greer. Among people deceased in 2009, Karen Harup ranks 190Before her are Monica Bleibtreu, Willy Ronis, Lino Aldani, František Veselý, Tomislav Crnković, and Stéphanos II Ghattas. After her are Arnold Meri, Edmund Purdom, Riccardo Cassin, Robert Holdstock, Henry Gibson, and Pio Laghi.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Karen Harup ranks 384 out of 893Before her are Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Greta Andersen (1927), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), and Birthe Wilke (1936). After her are Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), Lars Høgh (1959), Theodor Philipsen (1840), Lorenz Frølich (1820), Kurt Nielsen (1930), and Johnny Hansen (1943).

Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Karen Harup ranks 5Before her are Edgar Aabye (1865), Viggo Jensen (1874), Eugen Schmidt (1862), and Lis Hartel (1921). After her are Charles Winckler (1867), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Karen Hoff (1921), Ernst Schultz (1879), Henry Petersen (1900), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), and Finn Pedersen (1925).