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Henry Petersen

1900 - 1949

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Henry Petersen (1 October 1900 – 24 September 1949) was a Danish athlete, who competed in the pole vault at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1920, placing fourth in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Petersen is the 1,041st most popular athlete (down from 982nd in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 537th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Henry Petersen ranks 1,041 out of 6,025. Before him are Rudolf Harbig, Bengt Eriksson, Edwin Vásquez, Eero Berg, Léon Moreaux, and Frankie Fredericks. After him are Gaston Aumoitte, Guinn Smith, Jim Wedderburn, Marie-José Pérec, Peter Kemp, and Willi Eichhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Henry Petersen ranks 249. Before him are Edward Battell, Józef Kowalski, Ludovico Bidoglio, Heinrich Hax, Frederick Terman, and Franz Dienert. After him are Nicolas Hoydonckx, Pierre Braine, Ivan Kozlovsky, István Fekete, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, and John C. Slater. Among people deceased in 1949, Henry Petersen ranks 149. Before him are Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Birbal Sahni, Paul Chocque, Karel Petrů, Henry Slocum, and Nils Östensson. After him are Claes Johanson, Albert Ammons, Otakar Vindyš, François Brandt, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Harry Davenport.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henry Petersen ranks 516 out of 1,032. Before him are Katja K (1968), Anders Hejlsberg (1960), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), Jesper Olsen (1961), John Eriksen (1957), and Christen Dalsgaard (1824). After him are Johannes Schmidt (1877), Martin Braithwaite (1991), Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795), Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), Henrik Larsen (1966), and Rasmus Højlund (2003).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Henry Petersen ranks 11. Before him are Karen Harup (1924), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), and Lily Carlstedt (1926). After him are Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Niels Fredborg (1946), Aage Larsen (1923), Kurt Helmudt (1943), Ebbe Parsner (1922), and Erik Hansen (1939).

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