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Alfred Swahn

1879 - 1931

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Alfred (Alf) Gomer Swahn (20 August 1879 – 16 March 1931) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won nine medals: three gold, three silver and three bronze. He is the son of Oscar Swahn, an Olympic shooter who competed alongside his son at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Olympics and won six medals. 1908 London In 1908, Swahn was a member of the Swedish team, which won the gold medal in the team running deer, single shots competition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Swahn is the 508th most popular athlete (up from 961st in 2019), the 602nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 888th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alfred Swahn ranks 508 out of 6,025. Before him are Lauri Lehtinen, Donald Lippincott, Naftali Temu, Mildred McDaniel, Yusuf Dikeç, and Lawrence Stevens. After him are Yevgeniya Sechenova, Gustaf Söderström, Leo Sexton, Yang Chuan-kwang, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, and Gustavo Marzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Alfred Swahn ranks 156. Before him are Henri Jobier, Urban Gad, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Jin Shuren, E. H. Shepard, and Zsigmond Móricz. After him are Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Milan Šufflay, Ernst Herzfeld, Eugène Lanti, and Rafael Erich. Among people deceased in 1931, Alfred Swahn ranks 99. Before him are Dmitri Egorov, Lya De Putti, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Hjalmar Bergman, and John Isaac Briquet. After him are Lupu Pick, Milan Šufflay, Aleksander Skrzyński, Harald Høffding, Kálmán Kandó, and Federico Tinoco Granados.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Alfred Swahn ranks 602 out of 1,879. Before him are Henry Eriksson (1920), Eva Bonnier (1857), Pia Sundhage (1960), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Anders Rydberg (1903), and Axel Ljung (1884). After him are Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Jarl Kulle (1927), Bo Svenson (1941), Ruben Östlund (1974), and Elena Paparizou (1982).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Alfred Swahn ranks 22. Before him are Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Erik Lundqvist (1908), Erik Adlerz (1892), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Adolf Wiklund (1921), and Henry Eriksson (1920). After him are Gustaf Söderström (1865), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Rune Larsson (1924), Sven Thofelt (1904), Gert Fredriksson (1919), and John Mikaelsson (1913).

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