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Gunnar Åkerlund

1923 - 2006

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Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952. Åkerlund won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1950). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Åkerlund is the 1,824th most popular athlete (down from 1,123rd in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gunnar Åkerlund ranks 1,824 out of 6,025. Before him are John Hunter, Stan Vickers, Romy Müller, Justin Gatlin, Herman Rouwé, and Kenjiro Shinozuka. After him are Ron Freeman, Tatyana Talysheva, Markus Rühl, Franz Keller, Imre Farkas, and Valentina Yegorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gunnar Åkerlund ranks 423. Before him are Alice von Hildebrand, Adolphe Hug, George Mostow, Roger Foulon, Ted Stevens, and Ernesto Prinoth. After him are Fernando Campos, Vladimir Tendryakov, Romolo Catasta, Bjørn Paulson, John M. Allegro, and Armand Borel. Among people deceased in 2006, Gunnar Åkerlund ranks 343. Before him are Adolphe Hug, Gun Röring, Boz Burrell, Hanka Bielicka, Ann Richards, and Elton Dean. After him are Darren McGavin, Moira Shearer, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Ron Greenwood, Lou Jones, and Proof.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Åkerlund ranks 1,072 out of 1,879. Before him are Niklas Zennström (1966), Karl Gustafsson (1888), Eric Prydz (1976), Roger Pontare (1951), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), and Niclas Alexandersson (1971). After him are John Ajvide Lindqvist (1968), Magnus Uggla (1954), Mikael Pernfors (1963), Annalisa Ericson (1913), Yvonne Ryding (1962), and Ronald Pettersson (1935).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gunnar Åkerlund ranks 104. Before him are Ulf Sterner (1941), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Nils Hellsten (1885), Folke Alnevik (1919), Otto Nilsson (1879), and Eric Carlberg (1880). After him are Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), Georg de Laval (1883), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Erik Svensson (1903), Stig Sjölin (1928), and Olle Larsson (1928).

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