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Gösta Lilliehöök

1884 - 1974

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Gustaf Malcolm "Gösta" Lilliehöök (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈmâlːkɔlm ˈjœ̂sːta ˈlɪ̂lːjɛˌhøːk]; 25 May 1884 – 18 November 1974) was a Swedish officer and modern pentathlete. He won a gold medal in the first contested modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gösta Lilliehöök is the 372nd most popular athlete (up from 752nd in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 794th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gösta Lilliehöök ranks 372 out of 6,025Before him are Charles Gmelin, Earl Thomson, Edward Lindberg, Anni Steuer, Joseph Benz, and Albin Lermusiaux. After him are Pavel Schmidt, Evelyn Furtsch, Ugo Frigerio, Erik Lundqvist, Étienne Gailly, and Betty Cuthbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Gösta Lilliehöök ranks 121Before him are Ludowika Jakobsson, Solomon Lefschetz, Dénes Kőnig, Evelyn Nesbit, Angelos Sikelianos, and Jack Greenwell. After him are Bohumil Kubišta, Rickard Sandler, Blanche Stuart Scott, Bernhard Goetzke, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, and Ralph Benatzky. Among people deceased in 1974, Gösta Lilliehöök ranks 135Before him are Aman Andom, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, André Marie, Fritz Szepan, Elisabeth Abegg, and Sattar Bahlulzade. After him are Karl Hohmann, José Miró Cardona, Egon Wellesz, Hertta Kuusinen, Kurt Hahn, and Lev Knipper.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gösta Lilliehöök ranks 528 out of 1,879Before him are Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), Arne Åhman (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), Sven-Bertil Taube (1934), Martin Dahlin (1968), and Fanny Brate (1861). After him are Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Charles De Geer (1720), Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Erik Lundqvist (1908), and Rickard Sandler (1884).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gösta Lilliehöök ranks 16Before him are Martin Lundström (1918), Nils von Kantzow (1885), Erik Almlöf (1891), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Bo Lindman (1899), and Arne Åhman (1925). After him are Erik Lundqvist (1908), Erik Adlerz (1892), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Henry Eriksson (1920), and Alfred Swahn (1879).