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Carl Folcker

1889 - 1911

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Carl Wilhelm Folcker (March 28, 1889 – July 3, 1911) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908. He died by suicide on 3 July 1911 at Trossnäs field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Folcker is the 62nd most popular gymnast (down from 60th in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 785th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Carl Folcker ranks 62 out of 370. Before him are Konrad Frey, Oksana Chusovitina, Vitaly Scherbo, Olle Lanner, Pietro Bianchi, and Edward Hennig. After him are Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Klaus Köste, Valentin Muratov, Carl Hårleman, Julius Lenhart, and Guido Romano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Carl Folcker ranks 226. Before him are Claudia Muzio, Balthasar van der Pol, Marcel Moyse, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, William Justin Kroll, and Ted Wilde. After him are Nezihe Muhiddin, Carl O. Sauer, Hugo Wieslander, Francis Spellman, Sven Markelius, and Efrem Zimbalist. Among people deceased in 1911, Carl Folcker ranks 83. Before him are Reinhold Begas, Albert Ladenburg, Dmitry Bogrov, Eugene Burton Ely, Christian Lundeberg, and Vassily Maximov. After him are Carrie Nation, Dezső Bánffy, Marc Delafontaine, Morten Müller, William McGregor, and Merritt Giffin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Folcker ranks 773 out of 1,879. Before him are Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Bo Ekelund (1894), Irma Johansson (1932), Carl Frederik von Breda (1759), Harald Cramér (1893), and Karin Dreijer (1975). After him are Glenn Strömberg (1960), May Britt (1933), Jan Arnald (1963), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Margaretha Krook (1925), and Nils Karlsson (1917).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Carl Folcker ranks 6. Before him are Karin Lindberg (1929), Carl Holmberg (1884), Axel Ljung (1884), Arvid Holmberg (1886), and Gösta Olson (1883). After him are Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Carl Hårleman (1886), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Haakon Sörvik (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), and Leonard Peterson (1885).

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