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Adolf Wiklund

1921 - 1970

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Adolf Jakob Wiklund (19 December 1921 – 21 September 1970) was a Swedish biathlon competitor who won two world championship titles in 1958, individual (20 km) and with a team. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and finished 19th. He was elected for the Swedish Biathlon Hall of Fame in September 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Wiklund is the 477th most popular athlete (up from 1,513th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,070th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Adolf Wiklund ranks 477 out of 6,025. Before her are Veikko Kankkonen, Jean Pickering, Rafer Johnson, Paavo Yrjölä, Milan Nenadić, and Steinar Amundsen. After her are Wally Kinnear, Imre Nagy, Olivér Halassy, Henry Eriksson, Ken McArthur, and Sara Simeoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Adolf Wiklund ranks 251. Before her are Frédéric Dard, Judy Holliday, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Jack Clayton, and Kurt Adolff. After her are Edvard Mirzoyan, Cuthbert Sebastian, Alfréd Rényi, Jacques Lecoq, Grigory Chukhray, and Inge Borkh. Among people deceased in 1970, Adolf Wiklund ranks 167. Before her are Marietta Blau, Max Abegglen, Fritz Kortner, William Daniels, Tammi Terrell, and Ralph Hartley. After her are Alfred Sturtevant, Jérôme Carcopino, Alfréd Rényi, Parashqevi Qiriazi, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and Johnny Hodges.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Adolf Wiklund ranks 594 out of 1,879. Before her are Gösta Dunker (1905), Kikki Danielsson (1952), Martha Norelius (1909), Gustaf Fröding (1860), Johan Renck (1966), and Elisabeth Söderström (1927). After her are Klas Ingesson (1968), Henry Eriksson (1920), Eva Bonnier (1857), Pia Sundhage (1960), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), and Anders Rydberg (1903).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Adolf Wiklund ranks 20. Before her are Bo Lindman (1899), Arne Åhman (1925), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Erik Lundqvist (1908), Erik Adlerz (1892), and Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922). After her are Henry Eriksson (1920), Alfred Swahn (1879), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Rune Larsson (1924), and Sven Thofelt (1904).

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