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Carl von Essen

1940 - 2021

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Carl von Essen (18 October 1940 – 11 November 2021) was a Swedish fencer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. Von Essen represented Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande and Djurgårdens IF. Von Essen died in Björnlunda on 11 November 2021, at the age of 81. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Essen is the 1,280th most popular athlete (up from 1,471st in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl von Essen ranks 1,280 out of 6,025Before him are Alfred Neveu, José García, Walter Schröder, Ibrahim Shams, Frank Kugler, and Kalevi Kotkas. After him are Igor Novikov, Giovanni Invernizzi, Martin Fourcade, Frank Hussey, Walter Graf, and Hans Berglund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Carl von Essen ranks 446Before him are James Brady, Whitney Smith, Reinhard Furrer, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Richard Marcinko, and Tim Severin. After him are Willi Holdorf, Franco Balmamion, Leonid Osyka, György Sarlós, Robert Blust, and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Among people deceased in 2021, Carl von Essen ranks 478Before him are Yury Sharov, Rush Limbaugh, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Antón García Abril, and Richard Marcinko. After him are Walter Graf, Buta Singh, Michael Nesmith, Alber Elbaz, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, and Kurt Biedenkopf.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl von Essen ranks 907 out of 1,879Before him are Nils Täpp (1917), Gunnar Setterwall (1881), Per Olof Sundman (1922), Kim Källström (1982), Tor Johnson (1902), and Robin Söderling (1984). After him are Hans Berglund (1918), Sven Landberg (1888), Artur Hazelius (1833), Per Ahlmark (1939), Tore Eriksson (1937), and Katarina Frostenson (1953).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Carl von Essen ranks 67Before him are Ragnar Lundberg (1924), Britt Strandberg (1934), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Lennart Klingström (1916), Per Berlin (1921), and Nils Täpp (1917). After him are Hans Berglund (1918), Tore Eriksson (1937), Harald Julin (1890), Inga Gentzel (1908), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), and Ingemar Hedberg (1920).