SWIMMER

Pontus Hanson

1884 - 1962

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Pontus Hanson (24 May 1884 – 4 December 1962) was a Swedish water polo player and swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke. In water polo he won bronze medals in 1908 and 1920 and a silver in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pontus Hanson has received more than 9,417 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pontus Hanson is the 69th most popular swimmer (down from 60th in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 892nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.22

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Pontus Hanson ranks 69 out of 709. Before him are Emil Rausch, Martha Norelius, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Ragnhild Hveger, and Bill Smith. After him are Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, Helene Madison, Tini Wagner, Imre Zachár, and Margaret Woodbridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Pontus Hanson ranks 206. Before him are Yrjö Saarela, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Sergey Gorodetsky, Joseph Rock, and Andrés Martínez Trueba. After him are Reinier Beeuwkes, Walther Schreiber, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Linda Arvidson, André Auffray, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Among people deceased in 1962, Pontus Hanson ranks 180. Before him are Philippe Cattiau, William Clothier, Władysław Broniewski, Georgina de Albuquerque, Joseph Rock, and Bruno Belin. After him are Lucile Watson, Fernand Rigaux, Seiichiro Kashio, Solomon Linda, Harlow Curtice, and Owen D. Young.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Pontus Hanson ranks 883 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl-Erik Holmberg (1906), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Anders Larsson (1892), Lars Ahlin (1915), Majgull Axelsson (1947), and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933). After him are Ferdinand Boberg (1860), Thomas Sjöberg (1952), Gösta Olson (1883), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Alfred Swahn (1879), and Anja Pärson (1981).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Pontus Hanson ranks 4. Before him are Arne Borg (1901), Greta Johansson (1895), and Martha Norelius (1909). After him are Åke Borg (1901), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Sara Nordenstam (1983).

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