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Clas Thunberg

1893 - 1973

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Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893 – 28 April 1973) was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 (along with a silver and a bronze medal) and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He was the most successful athlete at both of these Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1928 Winter Olympics with Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway. No other athlete ever won such a high fraction of all Olympic events at a single Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clas Thunberg is the 11th most popular skater (down from 7th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Finland (down from 84th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Clas Thunberg ranks 11 out of 483. Before him are Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, and Ondrej Nepela. After him are Sjoukje Dijkstra, Walter Jakobsson, Åke Seyffarth, Madge Syers, Fred Anton Maier, and Tonya Harding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Clas Thunberg ranks 111. Before him are Ernst Marischka, Kathryn Adams, Mikheil Gelovani, Israel Joshua Singer, Dorothy Parker, and Léopold Szondi. After him are Beatrice Wood, Władysław Strzemiński, Madeleine Astor, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Miloš Crnjanski, and Farabundo Martí. Among people deceased in 1973, Clas Thunberg ranks 106. Before him are Alexander Orlov, Yaakov Dori, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Roger Williamson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Noël Coward. After him are Laurence Harvey, Mirra Alfassa, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Lidia Ruslanova, and Dmytro Dontsov.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Clas Thunberg ranks 104 out of 751. Before him are Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), Erik Heinrichs (1890), Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Lauri Ingman (1868), and Karl-August Fagerholm (1901). After him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Mika Salo (1966), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Oskar Merikanto (1868), and Ilmari Salminen (1902).

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Among SKATERS In Finland

Among skaters born in Finland, Clas Thunberg ranks 1. After him are Walter Jakobsson (1882), Kaija Mustonen (1941), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Kiira Korpi (1988), and Laura Lepistö (1988).

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