RACING DRIVER

Kent Andersson

1942 - 2006

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Kent Andersson (August 1, 1942 – August 29, 2006) was a Swedish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1966 and 1975, most prominently as a member of the Yamaha factory racing team where he was a two-time 125cc World Champion. Andersson was notable for being the only Swedish rider to win an FIM road racing world championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kent Andersson is the 290th most popular racing driver (down from 223rd in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 504th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kent Andersson ranks 290 out of 1,080. Before him are Aguri Suzuki, Paul England, Heikki Kovalainen, Giulio Cabianca, George Constantine, and Mark Donohue. After him are Luiz Bueno, Paul Pietsch, Kevin Schwantz, Teo Fabi, Brian Hart, and Romain Grosjean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Kent Andersson ranks 385. Before him are Gabriela Adameșteanu, Bill Ivy, Pascal Lainé, Ramiro de León Carpio, Michael Eisner, and Carlos Hathcock. After him are Wu Ma, Sterling Morrison, Egil Olsen, Boubacar Traoré, Rubén Salazar Gómez, and Deirdre McCloskey. Among people deceased in 2006, Kent Andersson ranks 223. Before him are Akira Ifukube, Gert Fredriksson, Kazimierz Górski, Sven Axbom, Georgios Rallis, and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. After him are Teresa Ciepły, Yitzhak Kaduri, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Tihomir Ognjanov, Ole Madsen, and Imrich Stacho.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kent Andersson ranks 637 out of 1,879. Before him are John Mikaelsson (1913), Gunnar Olsson (1908), Åse Kleveland (1949), Nils Poppe (1908), Pia Degermark (1949), and Carl Skottsberg (1880). After him are Julia Beck (1853), Carl Bonde (1872), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Waloddi Weibull (1887), Arne Nyberg (1913), and Tommy Svensson (1945).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Kent Andersson ranks 12. Before him are Stefan Johansson (1956), Reine Wisell (1941), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Ove Andersson (1938), Conny Andersson (1939), and Slim Borgudd (1946). After him are Torsten Palm (1947), Bertil Roos (1943), Kenneth Eriksson (1956), Kenny Bräck (1966), Mattias Ekström (1978), and Marcus Ericsson (1990).

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