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Carl Forssell

1917 - 2005

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Carl Forssell (25 October 1917 – 28 November 2005) was a Swedish fencer. Competing in the team épée he won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1952 Summer Olympics, as well as four silver and two bronze medals at the world championships of 1938–1951. Individually he won a silver at the 1950 World Championships and finished eighth at the 1952 Olympics. He was a medical doctor by profession. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Forssell is the 1,358th most popular athlete (up from 1,469th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 75th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Forssell ranks 1,358 out of 6,025. Before him are Sirkka Polkunen, Judi Brown Clarke, Albert White, Alan Helffrich, Peter Donlon, and Lennart Strand. After him are Werner Günthör, Tuvalu at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Pentti Hämäläinen, Sidney Robinson, Dejan Dabović, and Péter Marót.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Carl Forssell ranks 285. Before him are Barry Commoner, Richard Boone, José Magriñá, Nils Täpp, Ibrahim Shams, and Freddie Francis. After him are Władysław Rubin, Ottorino Volonterio, Carlo Cassola, Alice Pearce, Tony Cliff, and Lassi Parkkinen. Among people deceased in 2005, Carl Forssell ranks 282. Before him are Sergio Cervato, Jerzy Pawłowski, Sergei Starostin, Lucien Carr, Renée Faure, and Carl Amery. After him are Mario Luzi, George Szekeres, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Richard Doll, Gaylord Nelson, and Lane Smith.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Forssell ranks 931 out of 1,879. Before him are Åge Lundström (1890), Peter Englund (1957), Hanna Pauli (1864), John Levén (1963), Erik Hamrén (1957), and Lennart Strand (1921). After him are Jonas Åkerlund (1965), Wollmar Boström (1878), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Christian Wilhelmsson (1979), Arvid Thörn (1911), and Karl Johan Svensson (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Carl Forssell ranks 75. Before him are Tore Eriksson (1937), Harald Julin (1890), Inga Gentzel (1908), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), and Lennart Strand (1921). After him are Karl Johan Svensson (1887), Per-Erik Hedlund (1897), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Johan Edman (1875), Håkan Malmrot (1900), and Andreas Cervin (1888).

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