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Ivar Ballangrud

1904 - 1969

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Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né Eriksen, 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivar Ballangrud is the 9th most popular skater (up from 11th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Norway (down from 134th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ivar Ballangrud ranks 9 out of 483. Before him are Axel Paulsen, Andrea Kékesy, Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, and Hjalmar Andersen. After him are Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Walter Jakobsson, Åke Seyffarth, and Madge Syers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ivar Ballangrud ranks 115. Before him are Arkady Gaidar, Ding Ling, Felix Nussbaum, István Horthy, Coleman Hawkins, and Luigi Bertolini. After him are Wang Ming, Karl Ernst, Giuseppe Terragni, Leo Joseph Suenens, André Leducq, and Joseph Valachi. Among people deceased in 1969, Ivar Ballangrud ranks 87. Before him are Lucien Bianchi, George Cœdès, Max Weinreich, Giovanni Urbani, Léon Scieur, and Coleman Hawkins. After him are Josef Blösche, Thelma Ritter, He Long, Claude Dornier, Domingo Tejera, and Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ivar Ballangrud ranks 154 out of 1,039. Before him are Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Peter Waage (1833), and Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899). After him are Peter Tordenskjold (1690), Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Otto Ruge (1882), and Anne Holt (1958).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Ivar Ballangrud ranks 4. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), and Hjalmar Andersen (1923). After him are Fred Anton Maier (1938), Roald Aas (1928), Alexia Bryn (1889), Odd Lundberg (1917), Knut Johannesen (1933), Roar Grønvold (1946), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Finn Helgesen (1919).

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