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Arne Borg

1901 - 1987

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Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a Swedish swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with Edvin Wide. Next year, at the 1927 European Championships, he set a new world record in the 1500 m at 19:07.2, which stood for nearly 11 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arne Borg is the 31st most popular swimmer (up from 47th in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 750th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Arne Borg ranks 31 out of 709. Before her are Kirsty Coventry, Ann Curtis, Allen Stack, Joan Harrison, John Arthur Jarvis, and Henry Taylor. After her are Bill Tuttle, Martha Norelius, Otto Fahr, Đurđica Bjedov, Yoshi Oyakawa, and Valéria Gyenge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Arne Borg ranks 202. Before her are Jean Mermoz, Willy Fritsch, Konstantinos Kollias, William Daniels, Louis Boyer, and Gustav Knuth. After her are Mark Oliphant, Arleigh Burke, Haj Ali Razmara, Frank Zamboni, Hugo Haas, and Alfred Müller-Armack. Among people deceased in 1987, Arne Borg ranks 145. Before her are Kristjan Palusalu, Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, Gustav Knuth, M. G. Ramachandran, and Antonio Sastre. After her are Richard Marquand, Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Oscar Casanovas, Joseph Höffner, and Giovanni Arpino.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Arne Borg ranks 584 out of 1,879. Before her are Carl Fredrik Hill (1849), Carl Holmberg (1884), Eric Ericson (1918), Björn Granath (1946), Anna Sundström (1785), and Victor Lindelöf (1994). After her are Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833), Moa Martinson (1890), Gösta Dunker (1905), Kikki Danielsson (1952), and Martha Norelius (1909).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Arne Borg ranks 1. After her are Martha Norelius (1909), Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), Greta Johansson (1895), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Anna-Karin Kammerling (1980).

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