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Kjell Bäckman

1934 - 2019

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Kjell Hilding "Tjalle" Bäckman (21 February 1934 – 9 January 2019) was a Swedish speed skater. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the 5000 m and 10000 m events and won a bronze medal in the 10000 m; all three medalists of that event broke the previous world record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Bäckman has received more than 12,884 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Bäckman is the 850th most popular athlete (down from 732nd in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 796th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kjell Bäckman ranks 850 out of 6,025. Before him are Igor Novikov, Charles Bennett, Francisco Villota, Guy Butler, Noboru Terada, and Andy Stanfield. After him are Mark Midler, Halina Górecka, Diana Yorgova, Rita Kühne, Inga Gentzel, and Oscar Goßler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Kjell Bäckman ranks 395. Before him are Jaegwon Kim, Shirley Douglas, Herwig Wolfram, David Burke, Sam Panopoulos, and Ulf Schmidt. After him are Milan Dvořák, Helga Haase, Giuseppina Leone, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Jack Colvin, and Tullio Baraglia. Among people deceased in 2019, Kjell Bäckman ranks 366. Before him are Jaegwon Kim, Anatoly Krutikov, Imre Varga, Norbert Eder, Francisco Toledo, and Thomas Remengesau Sr.. After him are Gianni De Michelis, Miguel León-Portilla, Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, Artur Brauner, and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kjell Bäckman ranks 841 out of 1,879. Before him are Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), Göran Therborn (1941), Emil Forsberg (1991), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), and Lennart Samuelsson (1924). After him are Esbjörn Svensson (1964), Inga Gentzel (1908), Tim Sköld (1966), Göran Tunström (1937), Erik Almgren (1908), and Anders Svensson (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Kjell Bäckman ranks 46. Before him are Gustaf Söderström (1865), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Johan Jarlén (1880), Erik Larsson (1912), Per Berlin (1921), and Nils Hellsten (1885). After him are Inga Gentzel (1908), Nils Täpp (1917), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Erik Almlöf (1891), and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933).

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