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Viggo Jensen

1874 - 1930

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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

Among athletes, Viggo Jensen ranks 156 out of 3,059Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Viggo Jensen ranks 108Before 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 65Before 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.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 317 out of 893Before 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).

Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 2Before 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).