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Eric Lemming

1880 - 1930

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Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. His last record, measured at 62.32 m, was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations as the first official world record. Javelin throw was not part of the 1900 Olympics, where Lemming finished fourth in the hammer throw, high jump and pole vault. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Lemming is the 128th most popular athlete (down from 92nd in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 317th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eric Lemming ranks 128 out of 6,025. Before him are William Porter, Klaus Wolfermann, Ed Gordon, Henrik Sjöberg, Shizo Kanakuri, and Esther Brand. After him are Don Thompson, Mihaela Peneș, Oscar Swahn, Robert Garrett, Karl Staaf, and Ferenc Mohácsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Eric Lemming ranks 90. Before him are Osami Nagano, Johannes Aavik, Leonard Woolley, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, and Joseph Trumpeldor. After him are Lytton Strachey, Eric Campbell, Lincoln Ellsworth, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Albert W. Hull, and Adrian Carton de Wiart. Among people deceased in 1930, Eric Lemming ranks 53. Before him are Paul Émile Appell, Eduard Meyer, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Anna Lea Merritt, Richard Wilhelm, and Riccardo Drigo. After him are Isidor Gunsberg, Emil Krebs, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, Alois Jirásek, and Paul Levi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Eric Lemming ranks 357 out of 1,879. Before him are Lill-Babs (1938), Håkan the Red (1040), Kiki Håkansson (1929), Viktor Gyökeres (1998), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), and Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818). After him are Svante Nilsson (1460), Oscar Swahn (1847), Karl Staaf (1881), Carl Milles (1875), Lena Nyman (1944), and Esaias Tegnér (1782).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Eric Lemming ranks 3. Before him are Sigfrid Edström (1870), and Henrik Sjöberg (1875). After him are Oscar Swahn (1847), Karl Staaf (1881), John Ljunggren (1919), William Petersson (1895), Klas Lestander (1931), August Nilsson (1872), Martin Lundström (1918), Nils von Kantzow (1885), and Erik Almlöf (1891).

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