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Lily Carlstedt

1926 - 2002

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Lily Marie Louise Carlstedt, later Kelsby (March 5, 1926 in Søllerød – June 14, 2002), was a Danish athlete who competed mainly in javelin throwing. She competed for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, where she won a bronze medal in javelin and in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, where she beat the Olympic Record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lily Carlstedt is the 999th most popular athlete (up from 1,223rd in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 567th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lily Carlstedt ranks 999 out of 6,025. Before her are Hans Jacob Nielsen, Freddie Wolff, Helga Seidler, Bohumil Němeček, Yordanka Donkova, and Yelena Gorchakova. After her are Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Marion, Masaru Furukawa, Yurik Vardanyan, and William Varley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Lily Carlstedt ranks 374. Before her are George Robledo, Joan Shawlee, Kerwin Mathews, Fritz Weaver, Abel Goumba, and Fred Ramdat Misier. After her are Hermann Kant, Stig Sollander, Efraín Sánchez, Paul G. Comba, Darleane C. Hoffman, and Bill Sharman. Among people deceased in 2002, Lily Carlstedt ranks 241. Before her are Čestmír Vycpálek, Alexander Kazantsev, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Mustafa Mansour, Eduard Gufeld, and Yelena Gorchakova. After her are John Eriksen, Mal Waldron, Marianne Hoppe, John Baptist Wu, Kevin Smith, and Jack Kruschen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lily Carlstedt ranks 509 out of 1,032. Before her are Henning Enoksen (1935), Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark (1677), Nils Asther (1897), August Blom (1869), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), and Prince Christian of Denmark (2005). After her are Katja K (1968), Anders Hejlsberg (1960), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), Jesper Olsen (1961), John Eriksen (1957), and Christen Dalsgaard (1824).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Lily Carlstedt ranks 10. Before her are Lis Hartel (1921), Karen Harup (1924), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), and Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899). After her are Henry Petersen (1900), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Niels Fredborg (1946), Aage Larsen (1923), Kurt Helmudt (1943), and Ebbe Parsner (1922).

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