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Gösta Olson

1883 - 1966

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Gustaf Adolf "Gösta" Olson (10 May 1883 – 23 January 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and fencer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the all-around gold medal, and was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée event. He was a member of the fencing club Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gösta Olson is the 52nd most popular gymnast (up from 80th in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 886th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Gösta Olson ranks 52 out of 370. Before him are Josip Primožič, Guido Boni, Estella Agsteribbe, Zoltán Magyar, Mikhail Voronin, and Daniela Silivaș. After him are Romeo Neri, Isak Abrahamsen, Savino Guglielmetti, Konrad Frey, Oksana Chusovitina, and Vitaly Scherbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Gösta Olson ranks 199. Before him are Emil Rausch, Robert Lowie, Élie Lescot, Gheorghe Argeșanu, Ernst Stadler, and Fred Pentland. After him are Baltasar Brum, Manolis Kalomiris, Alexander Fersman, Trần Trọng Kim, Ludomir Różycki, and Rube Goldberg. Among people deceased in 1966, Gösta Olson ranks 159. Before him are Clifton Webb, Emil Julius Gumbel, Hilde Schrader, Sofya Yanovskaya, Pablo Birger, and Erwin Komenda. After him are René Barbier, Joel Stebbins, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Zielinski, Santiago Lovell, and Elliot See.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gösta Olson ranks 715 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustaf Jansson (1922), Mikael Håfström (1960), Charles John Andersson (1827), Gustav Wetterström (1911), Neneh Cherry (1964), and Oscar Dickson (1823). After him are Per Wästberg (1933), Anders Gärderud (1946), Elin Wägner (1882), Göran Claeson (1945), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), and Tor Aulin (1866).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Gösta Olson ranks 5. Before him are Karin Lindberg (1929), Carl Holmberg (1884), Axel Ljung (1884), and Arvid Holmberg (1886). After him are Carl Folcker (1889), Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Carl Hårleman (1886), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Haakon Sörvik (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), and Leonard Peterson (1885).

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