SKATER

Gillis Grafström

1893 - 1938

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Gillis Emanuel Grafström (7 June 1893 – 14 April 1938) was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating (1920, 1924, 1928) as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships (1922, 1924, 1929). Grafström is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gillis Grafström is the 6th most popular skater (up from 9th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 310th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Gillis Grafström ranks 6 out of 483. Before him are Sonja Henie, Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, Andrea Kékesy, and Katarina Witt. After him are Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, and Sjoukje Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Gillis Grafström ranks 97. Before him are Nestor Lakoba, Dorothy L. Sayers, Clark Ashton Smith, William Moulton Marston, Mina Witkojc, and Alfréd Schaffer. After him are Alois Hába, Oscar Torp, Edsel Ford, Charlotte Bühler, Ivan Panfilov, and Edna Parker. Among people deceased in 1938, Gillis Grafström ranks 78. Before him are Nikolai Krylenko, Valery Chkalov, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, David Riazanov, Jukums Vācietis, and Edwin Hall. After him are Christen C. Raunkiær, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, George Ellery Hale, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, and Fayzulla Khodzhayev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gillis Grafström ranks 304 out of 1,879. Before him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Elizabeth Stride (1843), Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Lars Hörmander (1931), and Anette Olzon (1971). After him are Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Maria Gripe (1923), Oskar Klein (1894), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Siw Malmkvist (1936), and Elsa Beskow (1874).

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Among SKATERS In Sweden

Among skaters born in Sweden, Gillis Grafström ranks 1. After him are Åke Seyffarth (1919), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), Per Thorén (1885), Göran Claeson (1945), Richard Johansson (1882), Jonny Nilsson (1943), Johnny Höglin (1943), and Nils van der Poel (1996).

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