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Johan Edman

1875 - 1927

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Johan Viktor Edman (29 March 1875 – 19 August 1927) was a Swedish policeman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Edman is the 1,396th most popular athlete (down from 987th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 896th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Johan Edman ranks 1,396 out of 6,025. Before him are William Henry Dean, Loren Murchison, Olga Bondarenko, Pierre Trentin, Erik Abrahamsson, and Kenneth Lane. After him are Sulo Nurmela, Kálmán Markovits, Dorothy Manley, Harry Blackstaffe, Hermann Hansen, and Dieter Kottysch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Johan Edman ranks 174. Before him are Béla Békessy, Charles Gondouin, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Tomás Berreta, Františka Plamínková, and Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov. After him are Matt McGrath, Karl Malmström, Émile Wegelin, Kaʻiulani, Charles Ericksen, and James J. Jeffries. Among people deceased in 1927, Johan Edman ranks 137. Before him are Marcus Loew, Ödön Bodor, C. E. Ruthenberg, Anna Golubkina, Sarah Frances Whiting, and Federico De Roberto. After him are William Healey Dall, Vincenzo Cerulli, Manuel Gondra, Max Weiss, Kristian Prestrud, and Fernand Feyaerts.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan Edman ranks 945 out of 1,879. Before him are Jonas Björkman (1972), Maria Bonnevie (1973), Ted Gärdestad (1956), Nina Persson (1974), Pernilla Wiberg (1970), and Erik Abrahamsson (1898). After him are Håkan Malmrot (1900), Torsten Palm (1947), Puma Swede (1976), Andreas Cervin (1888), Ragnar Malm (1893), and Erik Almgren (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Johan Edman ranks 79. Before him are Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Lennart Strand (1921), Carl Forssell (1917), Karl Johan Svensson (1887), Per-Erik Hedlund (1897), and Erik Abrahamsson (1898). After him are Håkan Malmrot (1900), Andreas Cervin (1888), Ragnar Malm (1893), Gustaf Lindblom (1891), Karl Malmström (1875), and Bengt Nilsson (1934).

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