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Klas Lestander

1931 - 2023

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Klas Ivar Vilhelm Lestander (18 April 1931 – 13 January 2023) was a Swedish biathlete who won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Lestander started as a cross-country skier, but he was also an experienced hunter, and thus ended up with biathlon. At the 1960 Olympics he placed 15th out of 30 in skiing, but became the first international competitor to ever hit all 20 targets, and hence won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klas Lestander has received more than 20,825 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Klas Lestander is the 469th most popular athlete (up from 480th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 659th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Klas Lestander ranks 469 out of 3,059. Before him are Tamara Tyshkevich, Bill Holland, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Barbara Jones, Ulf Timmermann, and Renaud Lavillenie. After him are Phil Heath, Udo Beyer, Jim Lightbody, Tore Sjöstrand, Heikki Liimatainen, and Arne Åhman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Klas Lestander ranks 344. Before him are Nick Adams, Viktor Tsaryov, Jaime Ramírez, Norman Mineta, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Malcolm Browne. After him are Jacques Miller, Oleg Goncharenko, František Šafránek, Galina Zybina, Barry Foster, and Ibrahim Biogradlić. Among people deceased in 2023, Klas Lestander ranks 256. Before him are Rachid Sfar, Murtaza Rakhimov, Peter Brötzmann, Jacques Rozier, Antonio Juliano, and Nina Matviienko. After him are Eugenio Calabi, Fiona Graham, Murat Karayılan, Melinda Dillon, Julie Garwood, and Tom Verlaine.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Klas Lestander ranks 673 out of 1,612. Before him are Brita Borg (1926), Ture Nerman (1886), Inga Gentzel (1908), Carl Holmberg (1884), Sven Andersson (1907), and Harry Andersson (1913). After him are Ulf Andersson (1951), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), Victor Hasselblad (1906), and Torbjörn Nilsson (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Klas Lestander ranks 26. Before him are Nils Hellsten (1885), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Gunnar Sköld (1894), John Mikaelsson (1913), Anders Gärderud (1946), and Inga Gentzel (1908). After him are Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), Erik Adlerz (1892), Axel Norling (1884), and Hjalmar Andersson (1889).

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