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Hans Wetterström

1923 - 1980

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Hans Wetterström (11 December 1923 – 17 November 1980) was a Swedish canoe sprinter. He competed in the 10,000 m doubles event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in first, second and fourth place, respectively. Wetterström also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948) and two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 1950, K-4 10000 m: 1954). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Wetterström is the 2,115th most popular athlete (down from 1,165th in 2019), the 1,157th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 948th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hans Wetterström ranks 2,115 out of 6,025. Before him are Svetlana Krachevskaya, Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Norvel Lee, Mervyn Wood, Fița Lovin, and Abdul Hamid. After him are Meredith Colket, Dorothy Shirley, Shinji Hosokawa, Zdravko Hebel, Nobutaka Taguchi, and Peter-Michael Kolbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Hans Wetterström ranks 447. Before him are Ray Lumpp, Lee Yuan-tsu, Alice Ghostley, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dannie Abse, and Mort Walker. After him are Judith Merril, Óscar González, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Boris Sagal, Aleksy Antkiewicz, and Horace Ashenfelter. Among people deceased in 1980, Hans Wetterström ranks 287. Before him are Frank Saker, Rachel Fuller Brown, Nelson López, Emily Hood Westacott, John Kotelawala, and Tryggve Gran. After him are Barney Bigard, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Elliott Nugent, Pietro Genovesi, George Tobias, and Barbara Pym.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hans Wetterström ranks 1,157 out of 1,879. Before him are Kurt Lundquist (1925), Anders Wejryd (1948), Joacim Cans (1970), Emilia Rydberg (1978), Birger Sjöberg (1885), and Eagle-Eye Cherry (1968). After him are Marie Bergman (1950), Sverker Johansson (1961), Erik Larsson (1912), Ola Toivonen (1986), Janne Stefansson (1935), and Bosson (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Hans Wetterström ranks 120. Before him are Gert Blomé (1934), Birger Cederin (1895), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Bjarne Andersson (1940), Bruno Söderström (1881), and Kurt Lundquist (1925). After him are Erik Larsson (1912), Janne Stefansson (1935), Josef Ternström (1888), Tomas Johansson (1962), Eva Korpela (1958), and Kajsa Bergqvist (1976).

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