1874 - 1930
Alexander Viggo Jensen (born 22 June 1874 in Copenhagen, Denmark; died 2 November 1930 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish weightlifter, sport shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish and Nordic Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.The first weightlifting event held was the two-handed lift, in a style now known as the clean and jerk. Jensen and Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland finished the competition tied at 111.5 kilograms, though the judges declared Jensen had performed the lift with better form and would be awarded first place. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viggo Jensen has received more than 41,676 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Viggo Jensen is the 156th most popular athlete (down from 107th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 277th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Viggo Jensen ranks 156 out of 3,059. Before him are Francisco Lázaro, Tilly Fleischer, Harrison Dillard, Galina Chistyakova, Juan Carlos Zabala, and Vera Krepkina. After him are Bob King, Vladimir Kuts, Ralph Boston, Esther Brand, Gunnar Höckert, and Margitta Gummel.
1891 - 1912
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 150
1911 - 2005
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 151
1923 - 2019
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 152
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 153
1911 - 1983
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 154
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 155
1874 - 1930
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 156
1906 - 1965
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 157
1927 - 1975
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 158
1939 - 2023
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 159
1922 - 2015
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 160
1910 - 1940
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 161
1941 - 2021
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1874, Viggo Jensen ranks 108. Before him are Pierre Souvestre, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Frédéric François-Marsal, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Leopoldo Lugones, and Ioannis Mitropoulos. After him are Mikhail Diterikhs, Charles Fort, Fred Niblo, Alexander Khatisian, Alfred Tysoe, and Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov. Among people deceased in 1930, Viggo Jensen ranks 65. Before him are Isidor Gunsberg, Paul Levi, Jeppe Aakjær, Glenn Curtiss, Oku Yasukata, and Alexander Kutepov. After him are Benedykt Dybowski, Emmy Destinn, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Henry Dudeney, Constantine VI of Constantinople, and Albert von Le Coq.
1874 - 1914
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 102
1874 - 1908
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 103
1874 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 104
1874 - 1957
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 105
1874 - 1938
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 106
1874 - 2000
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 107
1874 - 1930
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 108
1874 - 1937
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 109
1874 - 1932
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 110
1874 - 1948
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 111
1874 - 1945
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 112
1874 - 1901
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 113
1874 - 1966
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 114
1854 - 1930
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 59
1883 - 1930
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 60
1866 - 1930
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 61
1878 - 1930
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 62
1847 - 1930
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 63
1882 - 1930
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 64
1874 - 1930
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 65
1833 - 1930
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 66
1878 - 1930
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 67
1847 - 1930
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 68
1857 - 1930
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 69
1859 - 1930
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 70
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 71
Among people born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 317 out of 893. Before him are Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Hans Ørberg (1920), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Kim Bodnia (1965), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), and Tony Rominger (1961). After him are Johannes Ewald (1743), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Aarestrup (1800), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Henning Carlsen (1927), and Jakob Nielsen (1957).
1756 - 1845
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 311
1920 - 2010
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 312
1789 - 1862
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 313
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 314
1730 - 1784
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 315
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 316
1874 - 1930
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 317
1743 - 1781
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 318
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 319
1800 - 1856
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 320
1862 - 1931
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 321
1927 - 2014
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 322
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 323
Among athletes born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 2. Before him are Edgar Aabye (1865). After him are Eugen Schmidt (1862), Lis Hartel (1921), Karen Harup (1924), Charles Winckler (1867), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Karen Hoff (1921), Ernst Schultz (1879), Henry Petersen (1900), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), and Finn Pedersen (1925).
1865 - 1941
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 1
1874 - 1930
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 2
1862 - 1931
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 3
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 4
1924 - 2009
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 5
1867 - 1932
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 6
1899 - 1967
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 7
1921 - 2000
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 8
1879 - 1906
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 9
1900 - 1949
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 10
1871 - 1925
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 11
1925 - 2012
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 12