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Knut Knudsen

1950 - Today

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Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired Norwegian road and track cyclist. As an amateur, he placed fifth in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Olympics before becoming Olympic champion in the same discipline in 1972. He would follow this up with another gold at the 1973 World Championships. At the 1972 Olympics he also placed fifth in the 100 km team time trial on the road. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Knut Knudsen is the 129th most popular cyclist (up from 232nd in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Norway (up from 374th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Knut Knudsen ranks 129 out of 1,613. Before him are Fabian Cancellara, Bernardo Ruiz, Georges Ronsse, Learco Guerra, Pedro Delgado, and Ferdinand Bracke. After him are Edward Van Dijck, Carlos Sastre, Cipriano Chemello, Marino Basso, Hippolyte Aucouturier, and Michel Pollentier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Knut Knudsen ranks 312. Before him are Frank Silva, Robert Z'Dar, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Ronald McNair, Richard Berry, and George Yonashiro. After him are Héctor Baley, Melissa Mathison, Yumiko Igarashi, Gualberto do Rosário, Ján Švehlík, and L. Scott Caldwell.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knut Knudsen ranks 273 out of 1,039. Before him are Johan Ferner (1927), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Gunnar Knudsen (1848), and Johan Turi (1854). After him are Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Paul Egede (1708), Eva Nansen (1858), Anne Stine Ingstad (1918), Egil Olsen (1942), and Christopher Hansteen (1784).

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Among CYCLISTS In Norway

Among cyclists born in Norway, Knut Knudsen ranks 1. After him are Dag Otto Lauritzen (1956), Thor Hushovd (1978), Alexander Kristoff (1987), Kurt Asle Arvesen (1975), Edvald Boasson Hagen (1987), Jonas Abrahamsen (1995), Gabriel Rasch (1976), Vegard Stake Laengen (1989), Tobias Foss (1997), Lars Petter Nordhaug (1984), and Tobias Halland Johannessen (1999).

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