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John Ljunggren

1919 - 2000

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John Arthur Ljunggren (9 September 1919 – 13 January 2000) was a Swedish race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometer event at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, ninth, third, second and 16th place, respectively. At the European Championships he won a gold medal in 1946, a silver medal in 1950, and finished fourth in 1954 and fifth in 1962. Ljunggren got used to long walks as a child, along with his brothers Verner and Gunnar, as they did not have bicycles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ljunggren is the 137th most popular athlete (up from 258th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 506th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Ljunggren ranks 137 out of 6,025. Before him are Oscar Swahn, Robert Garrett, Karl Staaf, Ferenc Mohácsi, Ralph Craig, and Theagenes of Thasos. After him are Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Viggo Jensen, Cy Young, Karl Hein, Jan Železný, and Fred Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, John Ljunggren ranks 114. Before him are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Hermann Gmeiner, Ginette Neveu, Merce Cunningham, and Silva Kaputikyan. After him are Teruo Nakamura, Gérard Oury, Hennes Weisweiler, Isaac Boleslavsky, Morteza Motahhari, and Joseph Serchuk. Among people deceased in 2000, John Ljunggren ranks 102. Before him are Poul Hartling, Son Sann, Pierre Pflimlin, Rabah Bitat, William Porter, and Jean Peters. After him are Gisèle Freund, John O'Connor, Christian Marquand, Terence McKenna, Leonidas Pyrgos, and Andy Hug.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, John Ljunggren ranks 372 out of 1,879. Before him are Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Viveca Sten (1959), Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), and Reine Wisell (1941). After him are Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Kristina Söderbaum (1912), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Ove Andersson (1938), Malena Ernman (1970), and Börje Salming (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, John Ljunggren ranks 6. Before him are Sigfrid Edström (1870), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Eric Lemming (1880), Oscar Swahn (1847), and Karl Staaf (1881). After him are William Petersson (1895), Klas Lestander (1931), August Nilsson (1872), Martin Lundström (1918), Nils von Kantzow (1885), and Erik Almlöf (1891).

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