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Vilhjálmur Einarsson

1934 - 2019

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Vilhjálmur Einarsson (5 June 1934 – 28 December 2019) was an Icelandic track and field athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of Reyðarfjörður and was the son of Einar Stefánsson and Sigríður Vilhjálmsdóttir. In 1956 Vilhjálmur set a new Olympic Record by jumping 16.26 m in the triple jump, only to be surpassed by Brazil's Adhemar da Silva in the same competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilhjálmur Einarsson has received more than 49,362 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vilhjálmur Einarsson is the 414th most popular athlete (down from 398th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 414 out of 6,025. Before him are Émile Champion, Joseph Benz, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Albert Hill, Hans Berglund, and Jean Shiley. After him are Louis Abell, Lis Hartel, Edward Cook, Harry Stenqvist, Betty Cuthbert, and Maria Itkina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 302. Before him are Galina Bystrova, Stanley G. Payne, Settela Steinbach, Hamit Kaplan, Joanna Moore, and Anna Kashfi. After him are Marek Hłasko, Alan Baddeley, Yuri Vizbor, Paolo Sardi, Rodri, and Gérard Latortue. Among people deceased in 2019, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 276. Before him are Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Rui Jordão, Paweł Adamowicz, Emiliano Sala, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Ilona Novák. After him are Reinhard Bonnke, Henry E. Holt, Christian Bach, Manfred Burgsmüller, Ellen Schwiers, and Arif Malikov.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 50 out of 190. Before him are Baltasar Kormákur (1966), Ólafur Thors (1892), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Jón Leifs (1899), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), and Saint Thorlak (1133). After him are Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In Iceland

Among athletes born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 1. After him are Torfi Bryngeirsson (1926), Vala Flosadóttir (1978), Aníta Hinriksdóttir (1996), Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson (null), and Anton McKee (null).

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