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Hans Berglund

1918 - 2006

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Hans Gustaf Bo Berglund (24 February 1918 – 17 September 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Berglund also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1938). Note that the K-4 1000 m event was not part of the Summer Olympics until the 1964 games in Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Berglund is the 1,286th most popular athlete (down from 434th in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 638th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hans Berglund ranks 1,286 out of 6,025. Before him are Carl von Essen, Igor Novikov, Giovanni Invernizzi, Martin Fourcade, Frank Hussey, and Walter Graf. After him are Anni Holdmann, Willi Holdorf, Giovanni Delise, Abdon Pamich, Inha Babakova, and Valeriy Pidluzhnyy.

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Among people born in 1918, Hans Berglund ranks 252. Before him are Artur Brauner, Werner Peters, Gunnel Vallquist, Peter Blau, Jacques Baratier, and Jorge Illueca. After him are Horacio Casarín, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Jopie Selbach, Luciano Emmer, Renée Faure, and Avery Dulles. Among people deceased in 2006, Hans Berglund ranks 287. Before him are Liese Prokop, Ted Grant, Aron Gurevich, Ruth Brown, Ingvar Gärd, and Lloyd Bentsen. After him are Francis Girod, Arthur Lee, Jane Wyatt, Iris Marion Young, Jan Twardowski, and Joseph Vissers.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hans Berglund ranks 908 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Setterwall (1881), Per Olof Sundman (1922), Kim Källström (1982), Tor Johnson (1902), Robin Söderling (1984), and Carl von Essen (1940). After him are Sven Landberg (1888), Artur Hazelius (1833), Per Ahlmark (1939), Tore Eriksson (1937), Katarina Frostenson (1953), and Harald Julin (1890).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Hans Berglund ranks 68. Before him are Britt Strandberg (1934), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Lennart Klingström (1916), Per Berlin (1921), Nils Täpp (1917), and Carl von Essen (1940). After him are Tore Eriksson (1937), Harald Julin (1890), Inga Gentzel (1908), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), and Lennart Strand (1921).

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