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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 46,382 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Vilhjálmur Einarsson is the 398th most popular athlete (down from 196th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 398 out of 3,059. Before him are Géo André, Albert Ayat, Viktor Tsybulenko, Duje Bonačić, Galina Bystrova, and Lyudmila Shevtsova. After him are P. T. Usha, Carlo Agostoni, Fauja Singh, Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, and Bobby Morrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 305. Before him are Kamala Surayya, Diane di Prima, Galina Bystrova, Héctor De Bourgoing, Lyudmila Shevtsova, and Amiri Baraka. After him are Gergely Kulcsár, Tevfik Kış, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Jayakanthan, Yuri Vizbor, and James Franciscus. Among people deceased in 2019, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 283. Before him are Jessica Jaymes, Michael J. Pollard, Mirjam Pressler, Henry E. Holt, Carlo Maria Abate, and Rudi Assauer. After him are Agustina Bessa-Luís, Jed Allan, Apolo Nsibambi, Tevfik Kış, Alvin Sargent, and Harley Race.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 53 out of 180. Before him are Einar Benediktsson (1864), Saint Thorlak (1133), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924). After him are Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Jón Magnússon (1859), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), and Hermann Jónasson (1896).

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Among ATHLETES In Iceland

Among athletes born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 1. After him are Vala Flosadóttir (1978) and Aníta Hinriksdóttir (1996).

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