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Axel Ljung

1884 - 1938

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Harald Axel Fredrik Ljung (31 March 1884 – 5 February 1938) was a Swedish gymnast and track and field athlete who won an all-around gold medal with the Swedish gymnastics team at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He also participated in the 100 m sprint, 100 m hurdles and standing long jump events at the 1906 Intercalated Games and finished fifth in the long jump. Ljung's personal bests in athletics were 11.3 in the 100 m (1904) and 16.0 in the 110 mH (1906). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Ljung is the 39th most popular gymnast (down from 14th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 348th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Axel Ljung ranks 39 out of 370. Before him are Lucien Démanet, Gustave Sandras, Carl Holmberg, Alberto Braglia, Carl Albert Andersen, and Maria Gorokhovskaya. After him are István Pelle, Margit Korondi, Veikko Huhtanen, Yukio Endo, Charles Champaud, and Arvid Holmberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Axel Ljung ranks 151. Before him are Zofia Nałkowska, Joseph Pholien, Nicholas Charnetsky, Maxwell Perkins, Ali Aaltonen, and Agus Salim. After him are Burrill Bernard Crohn, Otto Froitzheim, Harrison Ford, Leo Frank, Harald Hansen, and Vasily Agapkin. Among people deceased in 1938, Axel Ljung ranks 154. Before him are Lev Schnirelmann, Akmal Ikramov, Osip Piatnitsky, Jane Toppan, Ahn Changho, and Édouard-Alfred Martel. After him are Teodor Axentowicz, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Georg Schrimpf, Helena Westermarck, Christian Rohlfs, and Ayna Sultanova.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Axel Ljung ranks 601 out of 1,879. Before him are Klas Ingesson (1968), Henry Eriksson (1920), Eva Bonnier (1857), Pia Sundhage (1960), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), and Anders Rydberg (1903). After him are Alfred Swahn (1879), Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Jarl Kulle (1927), Bo Svenson (1941), and Ruben Östlund (1974).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Axel Ljung ranks 3. Before him are Karin Lindberg (1929), and Carl Holmberg (1884). After him are Arvid Holmberg (1886), Gösta Olson (1883), Carl Folcker (1889), Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Carl Hårleman (1886), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Haakon Sörvik (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), and Leonard Peterson (1885).

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