BOXER

Otto von Porat

1903 - 1982

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Otto Wessel von Porat (29 November 1903 – 14 October 1982) was a Swedish-born Norwegian heavyweight boxer. He won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics, defeating Danish boxer Søren Petersen in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Otto von Porat is the 193rd most popular boxer (down from 177th in 2024), the 1,133rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Otto von Porat ranks 193 out of 496. Before him are Jean Delarge, Henry Maske, Amir Khan, Raúl Landini, Alexander Povetkin, and Fidel Ortiz. After him are Kostya Tszyu, Héctor Camacho, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Bruno Ahlberg, Guillermo Lovell, and Gennadiy Shatkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Otto von Porat ranks 342. Before him are Eric A. Havelock, Jaipal Singh Munda, Mikhail Svetlov, George E. Stone, Mike Mansfield, and Vera Stroyeva. After him are Edgar Buchanan, Luis Izzeta, Sybil Bauer, Marjorie Cox Crawford, Luther Adler, and Ernst Klodwig. Among people deceased in 1982, Otto von Porat ranks 292. Before him are Yury Kazakov, Lamberto Dalla Costa, Cal Tjader, Salomon Bochner, Philip Hall, and Sheikh Abdullah. After him are William Cameron Townsend, Erik Larsson, Rab Butler, Vivien Merchant, Theo Fitzau, and Lester Bangs.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Otto von Porat ranks 1,133 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Teddy Lučić (1973), Örjan Persson (1942), Lars-Eric Lundvall (1934), Tomas Lindberg (1972), and Lotta Engberg (1963). After him are Axel Janse (1888), Kristina Lugn (1948), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bjarne Andersson (1940), Vanja Blomberg (1929), and Axwell (1977).

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Among BOXERS In Sweden

Among boxers born in Sweden, Otto von Porat ranks 3. Before him are Ingemar Johansson (1932), and Nils Ramm (1903). After him are Lars Myrberg (1964), Robert Helenius (1984), Badou Jack (1983), and Yang Wenlu (1991).

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