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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 8,563 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pontus Hanson is the 60th most popular swimmer, the 893rd most popular biography from Sweden and the 5th most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Pontus Hanson ranks 60 out of 392Before him are Irene Guest, Bill Smith, Aileen Riggin, Georg Zacharias, Nida Senff, and Oscar Grégoire. After him are George Kojac, Ragnhild Hveger, Imre Zachár, Murray Rose, Chris von Saltza, and Ford Konno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Pontus Hanson ranks 195Before him are Louis Abell, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Alma Gluck, Stuart Holmes, Hugh Walpole, and Frithiof Mårtensson. After him are Frederick Grace, William Hogenson, Georg Selenius, Harvey Fletcher, Harald Hansen, and Olle Lanner. Among people deceased in 1962, Pontus Hanson ranks 172Before him are Frank Hurley, Ron Flockhart, Benny Paret, William Clothier, Louis Abell, and María Rosa Lida de Malkiel. After him are Emmanuil Kazakevich, Bjørn Rasmussen, William Beebe, Nikolai Pogodin, Leon Kruczkowski, and Gerrit Achterberg.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Pontus Hanson ranks 893 out of 1,612Before him are Frithiof Mårtensson (1884), Otto von Porat (1903), Meja (1969), Leonard Peterson (1885), Bernhard Britz (1906), and Yngve Brodd (1930). After him are Lars Ahlin (1915), Gösta Runö (1896), Staffan Olsson (1964), Michael Amott (1969), Jonny Jakobsen (1963), and Christian von Koenigsegg (1972).

Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Pontus Hanson ranks 5Before him are Arne Borg (1901), Greta Johansson (1895), Åke Borg (1901), and Martha Norelius (1909). After him are Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Lars Frölander (1974), Bengt Baron (1962), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Jennie Johansson (1988).