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Lennart Strand

1921 - 2004

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Lennart Strand (13 June 1921 – 23 January 2004) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event, he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946, beating his compatriot Henry Eriksson. Two years later he finished second behind Eriksson at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lennart Strand has received more than 19,748 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lennart Strand is the 1,289th most popular athlete (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 936th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lennart Strand ranks 1,289 out of 6,025. Before him are József Rády, Hasely Crawford, Dagmar Käsling, Bill Bruce, Mildred Wiley, and Robert Benson. After him are Lyudmila Pinayeva, Carla Bodendorf, Otto Nilsson, Pietro Speciale, Anvar Ibragimov, and Cathy Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lennart Strand ranks 387. Before him are Yevgeni Babich, Kjell Rosén, Al Pease, Walter Kaufmann, Big Walter Horton, and Norman Joseph Woodland. After him are Ron Greenwood, Geoffrey Crossley, Rodger Ward, Walter Mirisch, Usmar Ismail, and Ann Savage. Among people deceased in 2004, Lennart Strand ranks 274. Before him are Mulk Raj Anand, Alexey Korneyev, Iris Chang, Heinrich Mark, Frances Dee, and Emlyn Hughes. After him are Velimir Valenta, Ugo Ferrante, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Mehmood, Helmut Rix, and Rodger Ward.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Strand ranks 1,002 out of 1,879. Before him are Frithiof Mårtensson (1884), Mona Malm (1935), Robin Söderling (1984), Karin Söder (1928), Meja (1969), and Sven Utterström (1901). After him are Olle Håkansson (1927), Börje Tapper (1922), Otto Nilsson (1879), Ingemar Johansson (1924), Hans Jacobson (1947), and Kurt Pettersén (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Lennart Strand ranks 86. Before him are Stefan Holm (1976), Georg de Laval (1883), Pierre Thorsson (1966), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Göte Hagström (1918), and Erik Svensson (1903). After him are Otto Nilsson (1879), Ingemar Johansson (1924), Lennart Klingström (1916), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), and Harald Julin (1890).

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