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Anders Gärderud

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Sven Anders Gärderud (born 28 August 1946) is a Swedish former track and field athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Gärderud was born to an orienteering competitor, and was an accomplished orienteer himself, winning a team gold medal at the 1977 Swedish Championships. He initially trained in orienteering and changed sports by chance – he was banned from running in the woods in autumn 1961 due to a jaundice epidemic and wandered into an athletic hall. Gärderud experimented with several events before focusing on the 3000 m steeplechase. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Gärderud is the 737th most popular athlete (down from 644th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 746th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Anders Gärderud ranks 737 out of 6,025. Before him are Hakon Barfod, Edvin Wide, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Eugen Schmidt, George Woods, and Ferenc Sidó. After him are Marlene Ahrens, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Doina Melinte, Eric Backman, Dorian Yates, and Lee Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Anders Gärderud ranks 473. Before him are Im Shung-hwi, Giuseppe Furino, René Pijnen, José Guilherme Baldocchi, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, and Paul Smith. After him are Joe Spano, Mary-Claire King, Randal Kleiser, Lajos Koltai, Frank Hsieh, and Goyo Benito.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Anders Gärderud ranks 717 out of 1,879. Before him are Charles John Andersson (1827), Gustav Wetterström (1911), Neneh Cherry (1964), Oscar Dickson (1823), Gösta Olson (1883), and Per Wästberg (1933). After him are Elin Wägner (1882), Göran Claeson (1945), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Tor Aulin (1866), Lasse Berghagen (1945), and Bill Skarsgård (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Anders Gärderud ranks 36. Before him are Lars Hall (1927), Janne Lundblad (1887), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Johan Jarlén (1880), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), and Gustaf Jansson (1922). After him are Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), John Svanberg (1881), William Grut (1914), John Eke (1886), Hjalmar Johansson (1874), and Magdalena Forsberg (1967).

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