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Karen Harup

1924 - 2009

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Karen Margrethe Harup Petersen (20 November 1924 – 9 July 2009) was a Danish swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won three medals: a gold in the 100 m backstroke and silvers in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle, placing fourth in the 100 m freestyle. She won three more gold medals at the 1947 European Championships. During her career she held 30 national titles and set two world records in freestyle relay events. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Harup is the 407th most popular athlete (down from 281st in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 364th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karen Harup ranks 407 out of 6,025. Before her are Rosa Mota, Daniel Kinsey, Carl Diem, László Berti, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, and Olga Fikotová. After her are Toivo Loukola, Constantin Henriquez, Charles Reidpath, Tamás Mendelényi, Veikko Hakulinen, and Milka Babović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Karen Harup ranks 263. Before her are Qiao Shi, János Starker, Mike Bongiorno, J. J. Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, and Inji Aflatoun. After her are Aleksandar Tišma, Gloria Vanderbilt, Basil Bernstein, A. B. Bardhan, Marcel Domingo, and František Vláčil. Among people deceased in 2009, Karen Harup ranks 179. Before her are Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Ekaterina Maximova, Marilyn French, Hildegard Behrens, Pio Laghi, and Mike Bongiorno. After her are Alain Bashung, Fritz Darges, Dom DeLuise, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Joan Martí i Alanis, and Charlie Mariano.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Karen Harup ranks 376 out of 1,032. Before her are Pilou Asbæk (1982), Gitte Hænning (1946), Christian Eriksen (1992), Lucile Grahn (1819), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), and Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812). After her are Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Ari Behn (1972), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), and Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Karen Harup ranks 5. Before her are Viggo Jensen (1874), Karen Hoff (1921), Edgar Aabye (1865), and Lis Hartel (1921). After her are Eugen Schmidt (1862), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Lily Carlstedt (1926), Henry Petersen (1900), and Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871).

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