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Inga Gentzel

1908 - 1991

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Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics, she set a new world record in this event, broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games. Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF. She held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and the 800 m in 1928–31. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Inga Gentzel is the 1,284th most popular athlete (down from 826th in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 843rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Inga Gentzel ranks 1,284 out of 6,025. Before her are Ray Barbuti, Nina Fyodorova, Liselott Linsenhoff, Emil Hirschfeld, Alberto Pellegrino, and Harald Julin. After her are Arne Halse, Igor Tselovalnikov, Siegbert Horn, Adrien Rommel, György Sarlós, and Lewis Sheldon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Inga Gentzel ranks 345. Before her are Pierre Korb, Morris Kline, Jacob Bronowski, Fritz Spengler, William McMahon, and Hélène Boucher. After her are Franz Cisar, Birago Diop, William Thompson, Mikhail Somov, Sergey Urusevsky, and Demetrio Neyra. Among people deceased in 1991, Inga Gentzel ranks 212. Before her are G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Márcio Melo, Bruno Venturini, Mildred Dunnock, Robin Hill, and James Franciscus. After her are Zośka Vieras, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Ken Uehara, Cesare Merzagora, Daniel Mann, and Moshe Castel.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 915 out of 1,879. Before her are Sven Landberg (1888), Artur Hazelius (1833), Per Ahlmark (1939), Tore Eriksson (1937), Katarina Frostenson (1953), and Harald Julin (1890). After her are Axel Sjöblom (1882), Erik Granfelt (1883), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Sven-Gunnar Larsson (1940), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), and Holger Hansson (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Inga Gentzel ranks 71. Before her are Per Berlin (1921), Nils Täpp (1917), Carl von Essen (1940), Hans Berglund (1918), Tore Eriksson (1937), and Harald Julin (1890). After her are Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Lennart Strand (1921), Carl Forssell (1917), Karl Johan Svensson (1887), and Per-Erik Hedlund (1897).

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