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Tore Sjöstrand

1921 - 2011

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Thore "Tore" Ingvar Sjöstrand (31 July 1921 – 26 January 2011) was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He won a bronze medal at the 1946 European Championships and a gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics.Domestically Sjöstrand won two titles, in 1947 and 1948, and finished second five times. After finishing eighth at the 1950 European championships he retired and moved to Växjö. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tore Sjöstrand has received more than 11,183 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tore Sjöstrand is the 473rd most popular athlete (down from 292nd in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 555th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tore Sjöstrand ranks 473 out of 3,059Before him are Ulf Timmermann, Renaud Lavillenie, Klas Lestander, Phil Heath, Udo Beyer, and Jim Lightbody. After him are Heikki Liimatainen, Arne Åhman, Irma Johansson, Durward Knowles, Paavo Johansson, and Albert Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tore Sjöstrand ranks 291Before him are Michel Boisrond, Phạm Duy, Ettore Chimeri, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Roger Bocquet, and Al Pease. After him are Giorgio Scarlatti, Roberto Tucci, Alenush Terian, Aldo Gordini, Steve Allen, and Carlo Parola. Among people deceased in 2011, Tore Sjöstrand ranks 272Before him are Birgitta Trotzig, Amparo Muñoz, Gunnar Fischer, Georg Sterzinsky, Geraldine Ferraro, and Iya Savvina. After him are Anna Massey, Lewis Binford, Alenush Terian, Francesco Quinn, Adrián Escudero, and Jean Bartik.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Tore Sjöstrand ranks 675 out of 1,612Before him are Inga Gentzel (1908), Carl Holmberg (1884), Sven Andersson (1907), Harry Andersson (1913), Klas Lestander (1931), and Ulf Andersson (1951). After him are Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), Victor Hasselblad (1906), Torbjörn Nilsson (1954), Nils Östensson (1918), and Günther (1967).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Tore Sjöstrand ranks 27Before him are Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Gunnar Sköld (1894), John Mikaelsson (1913), Anders Gärderud (1946), Inga Gentzel (1908), and Klas Lestander (1931). After him are Arne Åhman (1925), Irma Johansson (1932), Erik Adlerz (1892), Axel Norling (1884), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), and Carl Silfverstrand (1885).