SWIMMER

Greta Andersen

1927 - 2023

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Greta Marie Andersen (married names Jeppesen and Sonnichsen and Veress, 1 May 1927 – 6 February 2023) was a Danish swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In the mid-1950s she moved to the United States, where she set several world records in marathon swimming in the distances up to 50 miles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Greta Andersen is the 56th most popular swimmer (down from 15th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 355th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Greta Andersen ranks 56 out of 709. Before her are Kusuo Kitamura, Kathy Ellis, Pontus Hanson, Erich Rademacher, Margaret Woodbridge, and Gérard Blitz. After her are Helene Madison, Hilde Schrader, Clarke Scholes, Jeff Farrell, Emil Rausch, and Åke Borg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Greta Andersen ranks 284. Before her are Tihomir Ognjanov, Thorkild Hansen, Charles Pasqua, Qurratulain Hyder, Herbert W. Franke, and Yevgeny Morgunov. After her are Karl Stotz, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Otto Stich, Hsing Yun, Jan Myrdal, and Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani. Among people deceased in 2023, Greta Andersen ranks 306. Before her are B. V. Doshi, Jacques Rozier, Friedel Lutz, Anton Tus, Rosi Mittermaier, and Marinho Peres. After her are Frances Sternhagen, Valentina Ponomaryova, Marcos Alonso, Jan Olsson, Hsing Yun, and Américo Lopes.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Greta Andersen ranks 439 out of 1,032. Before her are Bernhard Rogge (1899), Mikkel Hansen (1987), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), Jan Heintze (1963), and MØ (1988). After her are Bodil Joensen (1944), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Pia Kjærsgaard (1947).

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Among SWIMMERS In Denmark

Among swimmers born in Denmark, Greta Andersen ranks 1. After her are Ragnhild Hveger (1920), Pernille Blume (1994), Lotte Friis (1988), Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1989), Mie Nielsen (1996), Mads Glæsner (1988), Helena Rosendahl Bach (2000), Emilie Beckmann (1997), and Alexander Nørgaard (2000).

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