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Lis Hartel

1921 - 2009

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Lis Hartel (March 14, 1921 – February 12, 2009) was an Olympic equestrian competitor from Denmark. At the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, Hartel was one of four women who were the first to compete in modern equestrian sports at the Summer Olympics, also including Ida von Nagel, representing Germany; Elsa Christophersen, from Norway; and Marjorie Haines, from the United States. Hartel became the first female equestrian to win a medal in individual dressage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lis Hartel is the 333rd most popular athlete (up from 420th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 430th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lis Hartel ranks 333 out of 6,025. Before her are Evangelos Damaskos, Bo Lindman, Truxtun Hare, Sergey Litvinov, Albert Gutterson, and Kevin Young. After her are Wyomia Tyus, Morris Kirksey, Henry Russell, Charles Dvorak, Olga Gyarmati, and František Čapek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lis Hartel ranks 216. Before her are Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Hélène Berr, Henri Colpi, Rashid Karami, Max Noether, and Andrzej Munk. After her are Blaže Koneski, Søren Kam, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Gunnar Eriksson, and Wadih El Safi. Among people deceased in 2009, Lis Hartel ranks 167. Before her are Gangubai Hangal, Hong Song-nam, Guillermo Endara, Fritz Muliar, Valentin Varennikov, and Lyudmila Zykina. After her are Gene Barry, Roy E. Disney, František Veselý, Robert Holdstock, Allen Klein, and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lis Hartel ranks 351 out of 1,032. Before her are Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Ghita Nørby (1935), Erik Balling (1924), Georg Mohr (1640), Svend Asmussen (1916), and Ludvig Lorenz (1829). After her are Peter Freuchen (1886), Søren Kam (1921), Inge Sørensen (1924), Willy Hansen (1906), Torben Ulrich (1928), and Kim Larsen (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Lis Hartel ranks 4. Before her are Viggo Jensen (1874), Karen Hoff (1921), and Edgar Aabye (1865). After her are Karen Harup (1924), 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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