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William Petersson

1895 - 1965

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Reinhold William Eugen Petersson (later Björneman, 6 October 1895 – 10 May 1965) was a Swedish athlete. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the long jump and 4 × 100 m relay and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Petersson has received more than 16,106 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Petersson is the 769th most popular athlete (down from 469th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 651st in 2019) and the 60th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, William Petersson ranks 769 out of 3,059. Before him are Birutė Kalėdienė, Raphaël Poirée, Dallas Long, Jorma Valkama, Jacques Lataste, and George Parker. After him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Pekka Vasala, Roy Cochran, Imre Harangi, Alberto Pellegrino, and Willem Slijkhuis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, William Petersson ranks 225. Before him are Dudley Nichols, Blossom Rock, Cliff Edwards, Jan Parandowski, Nygmet Nurmakov, and Gerald Patterson. After him are José María Peña, Alfredo Zibechi, Sidney Blackmer, André Gaboriaud, Valentin Loos, and Malcolm Sargent. Among people deceased in 1965, William Petersson ranks 173. Before him are Hilario López, Eric Brook, Spike Jones, Tadd Dameron, Hugh Latimer Dryden, and Aimée Antoinette Camus. After him are Bill Black, Sulamith Goldhaber, Renzo Minoli, Everett Sloane, W. T. Cosgrave, and Frances Perkins.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, William Petersson ranks 818 out of 1,612. Before him are Margaretha Krook (1925), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), Svante Thuresson (1937), Helena Bergström (1964), Nils Nilsson (1936), and Sven Jacobsson (1914). After him are Prawitz Öberg (1930), Nils Täpp (1917), Harry Bild (1936), Warner Oland (1879), Josef Ternström (1888), and Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, William Petersson ranks 60. Before him are Bo Lindman (1899), Gustaf Jansson (1922), Andreas Cervin (1888), Emil Magnusson (1887), Eric Carlberg (1880), and Ulf Sterner (1941). After him are Nils Täpp (1917), Josef Ternström (1888), Folke Alnevik (1919), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Carl Bertilsson (1889), and Ruth Svedberg (1903).

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