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Ludowika Jakobsson

1884 - 1968

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Ludovika Antje Margareta Jakobsson-Eilers (née Eilers, 25 July 1884 – 1 November 1968) was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with her husband Walter Jakobsson, she won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where she was the only German-born athlete, and became the oldest female figure skating Olympic champion. The pair also earned three world titles, in 1911, 1914 and 1923, and finished second and fifth at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics, respectively. Eilers also had some success in single skating, winning a bronze medal at the 1911 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludowika Jakobsson is the 22nd most popular skater (up from 25th in 2019), the 3,459th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,820th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ludowika Jakobsson ranks 22 out of 483. Before her are Fred Anton Maier, Tonya Harding, Dick Button, Donald Jackson, Oleg Protopopov, and Karol Divín. After her are Roald Aas, Lidiya Skoblikova, Helene Engelmann, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Heinrich Burger, and Ard Schenk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Ludowika Jakobsson ranks 115. Before her are Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Maciej Rataj, Roy Chapman Andrews, Félix Éboué, Sekula Drljević, and Frank Waller. After her are Solomon Lefschetz, Dénes Kőnig, Evelyn Nesbit, Angelos Sikelianos, Jack Greenwell, and Gösta Lilliehöök. Among people deceased in 1968, Ludowika Jakobsson ranks 112. Before her are Herbert Read, Chana Orloff, Maurice Larrouy, Gunnar Ekelöf, Armando Castellazzi, and Lina Stern. After her are Jeanne Demessieux, Robert Z. Leonard, Anthony Asquith, Ellen Gleditsch, Mae Marsh, and Harry Stenqvist.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludowika Jakobsson ranks 3,461 out of 7,253. Before her are Ludwig Richter (1803), Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711), Franz Blücher (1896), Otto Pfister (1937), Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300), and Nick Heidfeld (1977). After her are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), Margaret of Thuringia (1449), Charles Elliot (1801), Johannes Cocceius (1603), Jürgen Schult (1960), and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Ludowika Jakobsson ranks 2. Before her are Katarina Witt (1965). After her are Heinrich Burger (1881), Anna Hübler (1885), Ernst Baier (1905), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Maxi Herber (1920), Marika Kilius (1943), Ria Baran (1922), Paul Falk (1921), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942).

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