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Anders Petersen

1899 - 1966

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Anders Otto Petersen (16 December 1899 in Copenhagen, Denmark – 28 April 1966 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish flyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. Known as "Vidunderbarnet (Wonder kid)", he won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to American Frankie Genaro in the final. He was the first Danish boxer to win an olympic medal. He had the nickname Vidunderbarnet (eng: the wonderkid), as he won the Danish Championship in 1917 at the age of only 15. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Petersen is the 147th most popular boxer (up from 178th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 630th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Anders Petersen ranks 147 out of 496. Before him are Gerald Dreyer, Josef Němec, Cosimo Pinto, Corrie Sanders, Frederick Grace, and Rodrigo Valdez. After him are Andy Ruiz Jr., Abel Laudonio, Horacio Accavallo, Emanuel Steward, Dick Tiger, and Naseem Hamed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Anders Petersen ranks 268. Before him are Giorgi Leonidze, Robin Hill, Byron Haskin, Wolfgang Krull, Jaroslav Skobla, and El-Registan. After him are Ilse Bing, Øystein Ore, Hendrik Marsman, Alden Sanborn, Jan Lechoń, and Alfred Mosher Butts. Among people deceased in 1966, Anders Petersen ranks 192. Before him are Giorgi Leonidze, Juan Natalicio González, Bill Carr, Tom Florie, Dimitar Dimov, and Alice Pearce. After him are Paula Strasberg, Avtandil Koridze, Curt Backeberg, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Natalena Koroleva, and Áron Tamási.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anders Petersen ranks 563 out of 1,032. Before him are Niels Helveg Petersen (1939), Axel Andersen (1891), Dennis Rommedahl (1978), Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), Ebbe Parsner (1922), and Frans Blom (1893). After him are Stefanie Clausen (1900), Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), Dario Campeotto (1939), Erik Hansen (1939), Søren Busk (1953), and Finn Haunstoft (1928).

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Among BOXERS In Denmark

Among boxers born in Denmark, Anders Petersen ranks 1. After him are Søren Petersen (1894), Brian Nielsen (1965), and Mikkel Kessler (1979).

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