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Markus Oscarsson

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Markus Oscarsson (born 9 May 1977 in Västerås) is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000. Oscarsson won two silver medals at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan, finishing behind Hungary's Zoltan Kammerer in both the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m finals. He then formed a highly successful K2 partnership with Henrik Nilsson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Markus Oscarsson is the 5,227th most popular athlete (down from 4,076th in 2024), the 1,753rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,598th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Markus Oscarsson ranks 5,227 out of 6,025. Before him are Diana Romagnoli, Rossano Galtarossa, Felipe Perrone, Zsuzsanna Vörös, Andrea Facchin, and José Manuel Martínez. After him are Wang Chao, Panipak Wongpattanakit, Sergey Kazakov, Ryta Turava, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and Myriam Soumaré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Markus Oscarsson ranks 1,141. Before him are Zsolt Nemcsik, Diana Romagnoli, Janne Saarinen, Mitsuhiro Toda, Zsuzsanna Vörös, and Andriy Dykan. After him are Vitalie Grușac, Svein Tuft, Federico Elduayen, Therese Sjögran, Stephen Wooldridge, and Mārtiņš Freimanis.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Markus Oscarsson ranks 1,753 out of 1,879. Before him are Mattias Johansson (1992), Thobias Fredriksson (1975), Richard Gough (1962), Mats Larsson (1980), Sara Nordenstam (1983), and Jörgen Brink (1974). After him are Alexander Östlund (1978), Therese Sjögran (1977), Amanda Ilestedt (1993), Lisa Nordén (1984), Mattias Gustafsson (1978), and Erika Linder (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Markus Oscarsson ranks 173. Before him are Pia Hansen (1965), Anna Magnusson (1995), Niclas Hävelid (1973), Sara Algotsson Ostholt (1974), Malin Baryard-Johnsson (1975), and Richard Richardsson (1974). After him are Lisa Nordén (1984), Fredrik Lindström (1989), Mattias Öhlund (1976), Perseus Karlström (1990), Kajsa Bergström (1981), and Anna Maria Uusitalo (1983).

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