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Niels Fredborg

1946 - Today

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Niels Christian Fredborg (born 28 October 1946) is a retired Danish track cyclist. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the sprint and 1 km time trial events, winning a silver, a gold and a bronze medal in the time trial in 1968, 1972 and 1976, respectively. In 1972 he was Denmark's only Olympic medalist. At the Track Cycling World Championships, Fredborg won the 1 km time trial in 1967, 1968 and 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niels Fredborg is the 1,170th most popular athlete (up from 1,854th in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 640th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Niels Fredborg ranks 1,170 out of 6,025. Before him are Joseph Dempsey, Matti Sippala, Shunpei Uto, Danas Pozniakas, Vladimir Morozov, and Otto Fickeisen. After him are Oscar Osthoff, Olaf Hoffsbakken, Linda Watson, Andy Stanfield, Queenie Newall, and Marjorie Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Niels Fredborg ranks 572. Before him are Michael Aris, Jasna Diklić, Eduard Krieger, Blair Brown, Roy Wood, and Peter Lorimer. After him are John Getz, Vladimir Tukmakov, Kjell Johansson, George Lusztig, Vinod Khanna, and Henri Françillon.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Fredborg ranks 535 out of 1,032. Before him are Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Nina Bang (1866), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Hans Christian Branner (1903), and Jan Magnussen (1973). After him are Betty Nansen (1873), Kim Milton Nielsen (1960), Peer Hultberg (1935), Lone Scherfig (1959), Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (1990), and Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Niels Fredborg ranks 13. Before him are Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Lily Carlstedt (1926), Henry Petersen (1900), and Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871). After him are Aage Larsen (1923), Kurt Helmudt (1943), Ebbe Parsner (1922), Erik Hansen (1939), Finn Haunstoft (1928), and Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922).

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