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Gustaf Söderström

1865 - 1958

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Gustaf Fredrik "Jotte" Söderström (November 25, 1865 in Stockholm – November 12, 1958 in Lidingö) was a Swedish athlete and tug of war competitor. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and finished sixth in both shot put and discus throw. He also participated on the Dano-Swedish tug of war team which won the gold medal against opponents France. These were the first Olympic gold medals for Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustaf Söderström is the 510th most popular athlete (up from 751st in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 793rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gustaf Söderström ranks 510 out of 6,025Before him are Naftali Temu, Mildred McDaniel, Yusuf Dikeç, Lawrence Stevens, Alfred Swahn, and Yevgeniya Sechenova. After him are Leo Sexton, Yang Chuan-kwang, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Gustavo Marzi, Armas Toivonen, and John Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Gustaf Söderström ranks 122Before him are Arie de Jong, Pekka Halonen, Jacques Mieses, Kristjan Raud, Yevgeni Bauer, and Henri Lebasque. After him are May Whitty, Robert Henri, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Sakina Akhundzadeh, William Birdwood, and Pierre Weiss. Among people deceased in 1958, Gustaf Söderström ranks 117Before him are Artur Rodziński, Marcel Cachin, Bart van der Leck, Haykanoush Danielyan, Ferdinand Bruckner, and Herbert Brenon. After him are Armas Järnefelt, Richard Goldschmidt, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Henryk Arctowski, Billy Meredith, and Oreste Puliti.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf Söderström ranks 604 out of 1,879Before him are Pia Sundhage (1960), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Anders Rydberg (1903), Axel Ljung (1884), Alfred Swahn (1879), and Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743). After him are Jarl Kulle (1927), Bo Svenson (1941), Ruben Östlund (1974), Elena Paparizou (1982), Bror Mellberg (1923), and Torbjörn Nilsson (1954).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gustaf Söderström ranks 23Before him are Erik Lundqvist (1908), Erik Adlerz (1892), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Henry Eriksson (1920), and Alfred Swahn (1879). After him are Kjell Bäckman (1934), Rune Larsson (1924), Sven Thofelt (1904), Gert Fredriksson (1919), John Mikaelsson (1913), and Nils Engdahl (1898).