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Bernhard Britz

1906 - 1935

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Bernhard Rudolf Britz (27 March 1906 – 31 May 1935) was a Swedish road racing cyclist who won bronze medals in the individual and team road races at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Between 1927 and 1933 he won nine national titles, three individual and six in teams. He was also an innovator and developed a bicycle gear, though without much commercial success. He died after a collision with a truck in a cycling race in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Britz is the 108th most popular cyclist (up from 278th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,025th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Bernhard Britz ranks 108 out of 1,613. Before him are Giovanni Brunero, Jan Raas, Germain Derycke, André Noyelle, Jan Ullrich, and Vittorio Adorni. After him are Albert Taillandier, Jan de Vries, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Major Taylor, Pino Cerami, and Julián Berrendero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bernhard Britz ranks 218. Before him are Charles Malik, Karl Sesta, František Svoboda, Laurens van der Post, Alexander Gelfond, and Juan Modesto. After him are V. J. Sukselainen, A. J. P. Taylor, Friz Freleng, René David, Ed Hamm, and Harri Larva. Among people deceased in 1935, Bernhard Britz ranks 103. Before him are Richard Mollier, Georg Jensen, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Anna Katharine Green, and Charles Demuth. After him are Jules Cambon, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Emil Młynarski, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Hans Baluschek, and Heinrich Schenker.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bernhard Britz ranks 563 out of 1,879. Before him are Allan Pettersson (1911), Alexander Bard (1961), Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken (1626), Reino Börjesson (1929), and Karl Rudolphi (1771). After him are Anders Dahl (1751), Torsten Hägerstrand (1916), Lina Sandell (1832), Sven Wollter (1934), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), and Erik Adlerz (1892).

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Among CYCLISTS In Sweden

Among cyclists born in Sweden, Bernhard Britz ranks 2. Before him are Gösta Pettersson (1940). After him are Erik Pettersson (1944), Bernt Johansson (1953), Tomas Pettersson (1947), Magnus Bäckstedt (1975), Gustav Larsson (1980), Emma Johansson (1983), Jan Karlsson (1966), Michel Lafis (1967), Susanne Ljungskog (1976), and Thomas Löfkvist (1984).

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