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Hakon Barfod

1926 - 2013

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Hakon Barfod (17 August 1926 – 4 November 2013) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Oslo. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as crew member on the boat Pan. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he again received a gold medal with Pan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hakon Barfod is the 731st most popular athlete (up from 1,981st in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Norway (up from 522nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hakon Barfod ranks 731 out of 6,025. Before him are Benjamin Kogo, Emerson Spencer, George Dole, Audrey Brown, Gustaf Jansson, and Janet Moreau. After him are Edvin Wide, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Eugen Schmidt, George Woods, Ferenc Sidó, and Anders Gärderud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hakon Barfod ranks 324. Before him are Ede Király, Marcello Abbado, Pino Dordoni, Franco Faggi, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, and Bob Falkenburg. After him are Carlos Roberto Reina, Fred Gwynne, Beatriz Segall, Rodolfo Pini, Jan Zwartkruis, and Jean Poiret. Among people deceased in 2013, Hakon Barfod ranks 300. Before him are Enzo Jannacci, Marek Špilár, Fred Martin, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Ole Ernst, and Jerry Buss. After him are Giuseppe Casari, Jan Zwartkruis, Virginia E. Johnson, Paolo Soleri, Dave Charlton, and Vivi Bach.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Hakon Barfod ranks 307 out of 1,039. Before him are Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Sigmund Ruud (1907), Sigurd Haakonsson (895), Alexia Bryn (1889), and Hulda Garborg (1862). After him are Jon Ola Sand (1961), Otto Sinding (1842), Martin Ødegaard (1998), Isak Abrahamsen (1891), Tom Sandberg (1955), and Yngvar Bryn (1881).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Hakon Barfod ranks 14. Before him are Harald Grønningen (1934), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and Sverre Stenersen (1926). After him are Tom Sandberg (1955), Yngvar Bryn (1881), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Tarjei Bø (1988), Gjermund Eggen (1941), and Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993).

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