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Gert Fredriksson

1919 - 2006

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Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds (1948: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1952: K-1 1000 m, 1956: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1960: K-2 1000 m), one silver (1952: K-1 10000 m), and one bronze (K-1 1000 m). At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Fredriksson was head coach of the Swedish team. He was the most successful male canoeist ever, having gained medals in a succession of Swedish, Nordic, World and Olympic championships from 1942 to 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gert Fredriksson is the 544th most popular athlete (down from 274th in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gert Fredriksson ranks 544 out of 6,025. Before him are Monika Zehrt, Hiroki Ito, Roald Larsen, Percy Hodge, Sven Thofelt, and Robert Liottel. After him are Émile Champion, Fred Alderman, Armas Taipale, Wyndham Halswelle, Ivan Gubijan, and Bruno Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gert Fredriksson ranks 204. Before him are Michèle Arnaud, Laila Schou Nilsen, Roman Vlad, Polina Gelman, Olle Anderberg, and Gottfried Dienst. After him are Karl H. Pribram, Vladimír Vašíček, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Veikko Huhtanen, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, and Margot Hielscher. Among people deceased in 2006, Gert Fredriksson ranks 218. Before him are Desmond Dekker, Mirko Marjanović, André Schwarz-Bart, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Ted Schroeder, and Akira Ifukube. After him are Kazimierz Górski, Sven Axbom, Georgios Rallis, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Kent Andersson, and Teresa Ciepły.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gert Fredriksson ranks 625 out of 1,879. Before him are Rune Larsson (1924), Olle Anderberg (1919), Bengt Ekerot (1920), David Lagercrantz (1962), Sven Thofelt (1904), and Eivar Widlund (1905). After him are Thomas Wassberg (1956), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), Ernst Josephson (1851), Sara Lidman (1923), Sven Axbom (1926), and John Mikaelsson (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gert Fredriksson ranks 27. Before him are Henry Eriksson (1920), Alfred Swahn (1879), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Rune Larsson (1924), and Sven Thofelt (1904). After him are John Mikaelsson (1913), Nils Engdahl (1898), Lars Hall (1927), Janne Lundblad (1887), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), and Johan Jarlén (1880).

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