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Christian Olsson

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Christian Olsson (born 25 January 1980) is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, one gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships as well as a further two golds in the World Indoor championships. He also won the overall IAAF Golden League jackpot in 2004 where he cashed in 500,000 US dollars (after splitting the million dollar pot with Tonique Williams-Darling). From 2007 to his retirement in 2012, he was beset by injuries which left him largely on the sidelines and unable to compete at top level competitions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Olsson is the 3,268th most popular athlete (down from 3,099th in 2019), the 1,401st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,397th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Christian Olsson ranks 3,268 out of 6,025. Before him are Ingo Appelt, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Anjelika Krylova, Anastasia Kelesidou, Natalya Antyukh, and Adam Ondra. After him are Lucia Morico, Jolanda Čeplak, Mohammed Mourhit, Glory Alozie, Olaf Tufte, and Meseret Defar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Christian Olsson ranks 578. Before him are Yang Wei, Robert Koren, Massari, Samir Javadzadeh, Elio Germano, and Gro Hammerseng-Edin. After him are Rodrigo, Alexander Moiseenko, Leonid Volkov, Kasper Bøgelund, Carlos Gurpegui, and Bambang Pamungkas.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Christian Olsson ranks 1,401 out of 1,879. Before him are Mikael Ljungberg (1970), Andreas Jakobsson (1972), Noonie Bao (1987), Lars Frölander (1974), Håkan Algotsson (1966), and Charlotte Kalla (1987). After him are Jonas Bergqvist (1962), Lena Andersson (1970), Anders Borg (1968), Christer Majbäck (1964), Katia Winter (1983), and Jan Karlsson (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Christian Olsson ranks 140. Before him are Anette Norberg (1966), Robert Hedin (1966), Kenth Eldebrink (1955), Elvira Öberg (1999), Magnus Petersson (1975), and Helena Ekholm (1984). After him are Martin Ponsiluoma (1995), Björn Ferry (1978), Peder Fredricson (1972), Pierre Thorsson (1966), Sebastian Samuelsson (1997), and Emma Green (1984).

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