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Harald Grønningen

1934 - 2016

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Harald Grønningen (9 October 1934 – 26 August 2016) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received the King's cup in 1963 and 1967. Grønningen won the 15 km twice (1960 and 1961) at the Holmenkollen ski festival and earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1961. Grønningen was born in Lensvik. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Grønningen is the 380th most popular athlete (down from 285th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 230th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harald Grønningen ranks 380 out of 6,025. Before him are Evelyn Furtsch, Ugo Frigerio, Erik Lundqvist, Étienne Gailly, Betty Cuthbert, and Marianne Werner. After him are Gergely Kulcsár, Ludvík Daněk, Micheline Ostermeyer, Angela Voigt, Elias Katz, and Boughera El Ouafi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Harald Grønningen ranks 262. Before him are Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Lew Hoad, Sven-Bertil Taube, Boris Volynov, Francisco J. Ayala, and Tengiz Sigua. After him are Gergely Kulcsár, Pierre Barouh, Hot Rod Hundley, Russ Tamblyn, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and Aleksei Yeliseyev. Among people deceased in 2016, Harald Grønningen ranks 243. Before him are Slobodan Santrač, Zoltán Kocsis, Jan Němec, Jamshid Amouzegar, Jiří Tichý, and Doris Roberts. After him are Marc Riboud, Pierre Étaix, Brigitte Hamann, Ursula Franklin, Banharn Silpa-archa, and Pierre Barouh.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Harald Grønningen ranks 233 out of 1,039. Before him are Toralf Engan (1936), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Nina Grieg (1845), and Nora Brockstedt (1923). After him are Alf Andersen (1906), Jens Hundseid (1883), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Eva Joly (1943), Jacob Aall (1773), and Colin Archer (1832).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Harald Grønningen ranks 8. Before him are Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Berit Mørdre (1940), Magnar Solberg (1937), Helge Løvland (1890), Egil Danielsen (1933), and Ole Ellefsæter (1939). After him are Simon Slåttvik (1917), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), Steinar Amundsen (1945), Sverre Stenersen (1926), and Hakon Barfod (1926).

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