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Oscar Swahn

1847 - 1927

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Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Swahn is the 131st most popular athlete (up from 202nd in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 446th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Oscar Swahn ranks 131 out of 6,025. Before him are Henrik Sjöberg, Shizo Kanakuri, Esther Brand, Eric Lemming, Don Thompson, and Mihaela Peneș. After him are Robert Garrett, Karl Staaf, Ferenc Mohácsi, Ralph Craig, Theagenes of Thasos, and John Ljunggren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Oscar Swahn ranks 40. Before him are Nakano Takeko, Ferdinand Fellner, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Giuseppe Giacosa, Adolf von Hildebrand, and Jacob Schiff. After him are Josip Belušić, John Bates Clark, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Frits Thaulow, Bertha Wegmann, and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma. Among people deceased in 1927, Oscar Swahn ranks 61. Before him are Vasily Polenov, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ottavio Bottecchia, and Louise Catherine Breslau. After him are Lizzie Borden, Inayat Khan, Luigi Luzzatti, Victoria Woodhull, Herman Gorter, and Fyodor Sologub.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Oscar Swahn ranks 359 out of 1,879. Before him are Kiki Håkansson (1929), Viktor Gyökeres (1998), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818), Eric Lemming (1880), and Svante Nilsson (1460). After him are Karl Staaf (1881), Carl Milles (1875), Lena Nyman (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Stefan Johansson (1956), and Bruno Liljefors (1860).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Oscar Swahn ranks 4. Before him are Sigfrid Edström (1870), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), and Eric Lemming (1880). After him are Karl Staaf (1881), John Ljunggren (1919), William Petersson (1895), Klas Lestander (1931), August Nilsson (1872), Martin Lundström (1918), Nils von Kantzow (1885), and Erik Almlöf (1891).

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