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Reidar Liaklev

1917 - 2006

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Reidar Kristofer Liaklev (15 July 1917 – 1 March 2006) was a speed skater from Norway who won the gold medal in the 5000 m event at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Liaklev was a long distance specialist, yet he won the European Allround Championships in 1948. Liaklev won bronze at the junior Norwegian Championships in 1939, and as for most athletes of his time, his career was interrupted by World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reidar Liaklev has received more than 13,151 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Reidar Liaklev is the 908th most popular athlete (down from 828th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Norway (down from 357th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Reidar Liaklev ranks 908 out of 6,025. Before him are Jörg Lucke, Désiré Beaurain, Lien Gisolf, Anastasiya Kuzmina, Olavi Mannonen, and Paul Costello. After him are Rudolf Povarnitsyn, Frank Shorter, Erich Borchmeyer, Guido Balzarini, Frank Dixon, and Oliver Macdonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Reidar Liaklev ranks 273. Before him are Albert Mol, Noboru Terada, Nils Täpp, Carlo Cassola, Alice Pearce, and June Foray. After him are Jane Bowles, Gottfried Honegger, Arne Sucksdorff, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, and Gonzalo Rojas. Among people deceased in 2006, Reidar Liaklev ranks 281. Before him are Lyubov Polishchuk, Ruth Brown, Alvin M. Weinberg, Duygu Asena, Barnard Hughes, and Iris Marion Young. After him are Volodymyr Dakhno, Jan Twardowski, Tony Jay, Charles Haughey, Bob Mathias, and Lidia Wysocka.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Reidar Liaklev ranks 366 out of 1,039. Before him are Charles Mathiesen (1911), Nils Eriksen (1911), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), Anders Haugen (1888), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), and Sverre Hassel (1876). After him are Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), John Carew (1979), Rolf Holmberg (1914), Johan Falkberget (1879), and Jørgen Løvland (1848).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Reidar Liaklev ranks 24. Before him are Tom Sandberg (1955), Oskar Olsen (1897), Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (1961), Sverre Stenersen (1926), Charles Mathiesen (1911), and Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908). After him are Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), Audun Boysen (1929), Frank Hansen (1945), Tore Berger (1944), and Per Ivar Moe (1944).

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