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Aleksander Klumberg

1899 - 1958

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Aleksander Klumberg (since 1936 Kolmpere; 17 April 1899 – 10 February 1958) was an Estonian decathlete. He represented Estonia in several events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and won the bronze medal in the decathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 1922, he became the first official world record holder in the decathlon. Arrested by the Soviet occupation authorities during World War II, Klumberg was deported from Estonia, imprisoned in a Russian Gulag camp from 1945 to 1954, and deported to Siberia in 1954–1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Aleksander Klumberg is the 222nd most popular athlete (up from 235th in 2024), the 75th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Aleksander Klumberg ranks 222 out of 6,025. Before him are Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, Armin Hary, Nadezhda Chizhova, Bob King, and Bill Holland. After him are Ralph Boston, Lina Radke, Herma Bauma, Haile Gebrselassie, David Hall, and Dallas Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Aleksander Klumberg ranks 144. Before him are Rufino Tamayo, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Jeralean Talley, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Qu Qiubai, and Alexander Tcherepnin. After him are Robert Casadesus, Semyon Krivoshein, Leonid Leonov, Fritz von Opel, Sára Salkaházi, and Anita Berber. Among people deceased in 1958, Aleksander Klumberg ranks 87. Before him are László Hudec, Robert Donat, Alexandre Tuffère, Marie Stopes, Varvara Stepanova, and Stuart Lewis-Evans. After him are Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Francisco Olazar, David Jack, Nereu Ramos, Tommy Taylor, and Paul Reinecke.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Aleksander Klumberg ranks 75 out of 351. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Kazimierz Świątek (1914), Ita Ever (1931), Kaarel Eenpalu (1888), Jaan Teemant (1872), and Balthasar Russow (1536). After him are Herman Wrangel (1584), Jüri Tarmak (1946), Tiit Vähi (1947), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Viktor Kingissepp (1888), and Otto Strandman (1875).

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Among ATHLETES In Estonia

Among athletes born in Estonia, Aleksander Klumberg ranks 3. Before him are Jüri Lossmann (1891), and Roman Steinberg (1900). After him are Jüri Tarmak (1946), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Harald Tammer (1899), Jaan Talts (1944), Ilmar Kullam (1922), Jüri Tamm (1957), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), and Jaak Uudmäe (1954).

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