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Erik Lundqvist

1908 - 1963

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Erik Hjalmar Lundqvist (29 June 1908 – 7 January 1963) was a Swedish athlete who won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Two weeks later he became the first man to break the 70 m barrier, setting a new world record at 71.01 m. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Lundqvist is the 376th most popular athlete (down from 257th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 505th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erik Lundqvist ranks 376 out of 6,025. Before him are Joseph Benz, Albin Lermusiaux, Gösta Lilliehöök, Pavel Schmidt, Evelyn Furtsch, and Ugo Frigerio. After him are Étienne Gailly, Betty Cuthbert, Marianne Werner, Harald Grønningen, Gergely Kulcsár, and Ludvík Daněk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Erik Lundqvist ranks 191. Before him are Jean Effel, Elek Schwartz, Pedro Arico Suárez, Fred MacMurray, Jorge Oteiza, and Boris Polevoy. After him are Karl Hohmann, Juan Botasso, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Jacques Herbrand, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, and Thurgood Marshall. Among people deceased in 1963, Erik Lundqvist ranks 113. Before him are Vissarion Shebalin, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Mary Agnes Chase, James Kirkwood Sr., Patsy Cline, and Benjamin Jones. After him are József Nagy, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Jens Hundseid, Lisa Tetzner, Barnum Brown, and Woldemar Hägglund.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Lundqvist ranks 533 out of 1,879. Before him are Fanny Brate (1861), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Charles De Geer (1720), and Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898). After him are Rickard Sandler (1884), Karl Staaff (1860), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Åsa Larsson (1966), Thomas Hammarberg (1942), and Sune Andersson (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Erik Lundqvist ranks 17. Before him are Nils von Kantzow (1885), Erik Almlöf (1891), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Bo Lindman (1899), Arne Åhman (1925), and Gösta Lilliehöök (1884). After him are Erik Adlerz (1892), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Henry Eriksson (1920), Alfred Swahn (1879), and Gustaf Söderström (1865).

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