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Ferdinand Bie

1888 - 1961

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Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (16 February 1888 – 9 November 1961) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, he won the silver medal in pentathlon. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for having played semi-professional baseball in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC. In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still listed as co-champion until the IOC announced 15 July 2022 that Thorpe's gold medal had been reinstated and Bie became the silver medalist. He also finished eleventh in the long jump and competed in 110 metres hurdles and decathlon but failed to finish. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Bie is the 1,106th most popular athlete (up from 1,381st in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 438th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ferdinand Bie ranks 1,106 out of 6,025. Before him are Emilio Trivini, Alfred Felber, Paul Bontemps, Tsvetanka Khristova, Vera Komisova, and Karen Lachmann. After him are François Brandt, Louis Glineur, Jean Collas, Adolf Möller, Carla Bodendorf, and Ole Østmo.

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Among people born in 1888, Ferdinand Bie ranks 217. Before him are Guido Romano, Paul Peter Ewald, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Rexhep Mitrovica, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, and Henri Bosco. After him are Harry Crerar, Þórbergur Þórðarson, Joseph Pletincx, Hank Mann, Christian Gitsham, and Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha. Among people deceased in 1961, Ferdinand Bie ranks 161. Before him are Guy de Luget, Jean Piot, Maud Wagner, Earle Page, Herman Glass, and Eliseo Mouriño. After him are Richard Gunn, Paul Deman, Harry Ryan, Suryakant Tripathi, Anne Sewell Young, and Albert Oldman.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ferdinand Bie ranks 362 out of 1,039. Before him are Narve Bonna (1901), Cort Adeler (1622), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Truls Mørk (1961), Bernt Evensen (1905), and Arne Bendiksen (1926). After him are Abraham Berge (1851), Anita Thallaug (1938), Ole Østmo (1866), Peder Kolstad (1878), John Carew (1979), and Halvard Hanevold (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Ferdinand Bie ranks 21. Before him are Tom Sandberg (1955), Yngvar Bryn (1881), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Tarjei Bø (1988), Gjermund Eggen (1941), and Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993). After him are Ole Østmo (1866), Halvard Hanevold (1969), Petter Hugsted (1921), Frank Hansen (1945), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), and Pål Tyldum (1942).

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