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Karl-Erik Nilsson

1922 - 2017

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Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017) was a light-heavyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold (in 1948) and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl-Erik Nilsson has received more than 3,503 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl-Erik Nilsson is the 382nd most popular athlete, the 626th most popular biography from Sweden and the 18th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 382 out of 3,059Before him are Sándor Rozsnyói, Netti Witziers-Timmer, József Csermák, Manuel Plaza, Hans Jacob Nielsen, and Valeri Popenchenko. After him are Jaroslav Holík, Charles Gmelin, Frank Foss, Nina Dumbadze, Edvin Wide, and Chi Cheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 267Before him are Léopold Anoul, Július Torma, William Gaddis, Sabino Barinaga, Bob Anderson, and Leonel Brizola. After him are Stellan Nilsson, José Luis López Vázquez, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Juhan Smuul, Rory Calhoun, and Pino Cerami. Among people deceased in 2017, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 304Before him are Jana Novotná, Shyla Stylez, Lil Peep, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Halit Akçatepe, and Carlos Humberto Romero. After him are Bernard Panafieu, Cuthbert Sebastian, Adam Darius, Redha Malek, Margot Hielscher, and Jean Vuarnet.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 626 out of 1,612Before him are Erik Malmberg (1897), Patrik Andersson (1971), Nils Dardel (1888), Neneh Cherry (1964), Gillis Bildt (1820), and Erika Lust (1977). After him are Jean Tabary (1930), Christian Lundeberg (1842), Mona Sahlin (1957), Ewa Aulin (1950), Stellan Nilsson (1922), and Pia Degermark (1949).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 18Before him are Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Henry Eriksson (1920), Lars Hall (1927), Martin Lundström (1918), Gösta Andersson (1917), and Erik Lundqvist (1908). After him are Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Nils Hellsten (1885), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Gunnar Sköld (1894), John Mikaelsson (1913), and Anders Gärderud (1946).