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Nils Skoglund

1906 - 1980

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Nils "Niklas" Skoglund (15 August 1906 – 1 January 1980) was a Swedish diver who won the silver medal in the plain high diving competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He still remains the youngest male Olympian to win a medal in an individual event, at 14 years, 11 days. After the Olympics Skoglund retired from diving and played water polo for his club Stockholms KK. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Skoglund has received more than 10,005 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Skoglund is the 970th most popular athlete, the 890th most popular biography from Sweden and the 54th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nils Skoglund ranks 970 out of 6,025. Before him are Donald Johnston, Maurice Hemelsoet, Lloyd La Beach, Alfred Swahn, Kazım Ayvaz, and Paul Castanet. After him are Babben Enger-Damon, Giorgio Bocchino, Vanderlei de Lima, Giuseppe Galante, Martin Lauer, and Rune Larsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Nils Skoglund ranks 321. Before him are Abdus Sattar, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Plácido Galindo, Benjamin Mazar, Jean Delarge, and Harry Hopman. After him are Richard Rado, Richard Llewellyn, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Henry Roth, Kang Kyeong-ae, and Willibald Kreß. Among people deceased in 1980, Nils Skoglund ranks 243. Before him are Fumio Gotō, Strother Martin, Barbara Loden, José Muguerza, Enrique Hertzog, and Wilhelmina Cooper. After him are Frank Wykoff, Olivia Manning, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Félix Welkenhuysen, Paavo Yrjölä, and Isabel Briggs Myers.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Skoglund ranks 890 out of 1,879. Before him are Ferdinand Boberg (1860), Thomas Sjöberg (1952), Gösta Olson (1883), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Alfred Swahn (1879), and Anja Pärson (1981). After him are Rune Larsson (1924), Rune Carlsson (1909), William Petersson (1895), Henry Källgren (1931), John Eke (1886), and Johan Edman (1875).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Nils Skoglund ranks 54. Before him are Nils Täpp (1917), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Erik Almlöf (1891), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), and Alfred Swahn (1879). After him are Rune Larsson (1924), William Petersson (1895), John Eke (1886), Johan Edman (1875), Britt Strandberg (1934), and Andreas Cervin (1888).

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