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Niels Petersen

1885 - 1961

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Niels Knudsen Petersen (12 July 1885 – 29 April 1961) was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games, the 1908 Summer Olympics, and the 1912 Summer Olympics. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, he was a member of the Danish gymnastics team, which won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Petersen has received more than 3,352 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Niels Petersen is the 129th most popular gymnast, the 609th most popular biography from Denmark and the 2nd most popular Danish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Niels Petersen ranks 129 out of 370Before him are Eizo Kenmotsu, Klaus Köste, Øistein Schirmer, Thomas Thorstensen, Axel Andersen, and Tamara Lazakovich. After him are Eduard Azaryan, Robert Sjursen, Gyula Kakas, Helena Nordheim, Sigvard Sivertsen, and Ecaterina Szabo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Niels Petersen ranks 249Before him are James Scott, Herbert Stothart, Erik Algot Fredriksson, Enrico Mizzi, C. J. Hambro, and Charles Rosher. After him are René Benjamin, Mór Kóczán, John Fenning, Harry Ricardo, Bjørn Rasmussen, and George Butterworth. Among people deceased in 1961, Niels Petersen ranks 191Before him are Richard Gunn, Ferdinand Bie, Max Schöne, Frances Schroth, Jean de Bie, and Johan Sigfrid Sirén. After him are Augusto Barcía Trelles, Harry Ryan, Anne Sewell Young, Albert Oldman, Dorothy Thompson, and George Simpson.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Petersen ranks 609 out of 1,032Before him are Michael Krohn-Dehli (1983), Per Stig Møller (1942), Agnes Obel (1980), Axel Andersen (1891), Kent Nielsen (1961), and Henning Christophersen (1939). After him are Poul Heegaard (1871), John Tchicai (1936), Søren Petersen (1894), Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Karl Dane (1886), and Thomas Delaney (1991).

Among GYMNASTS In Denmark

Among gymnasts born in Denmark, Niels Petersen ranks 2Before him are Axel Andersen (1891).