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Pelle Svensson

1943 - 2020

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Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson (6 February 1943 – 17 December 2020) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements included a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the World Championships in 1970 and 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pelle Svensson is the 298th most popular wrestler (down from 209th in 2019), the 1,065th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,040th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Pelle Svensson ranks 298 out of 1,027. Before him are Ivan Koloff, Shohachi Ishii, Bianca Belair, Jim Duggan, Vickie Guerrero, and Jon Heidenreich. After him are Mitsuo Ikeda, Ken Shamrock, Tyler Reks, Ferenc Kocsis, Kiyomi Kato, and William Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Pelle Svensson ranks 618. Before him are David Clennon, Bertil Roos, Iñaki Azkuna, Jim Risch, Morten Lauridsen, and Juhani Suutarinen. After him are Norman Thagard, John Hunter, Martha Cooper, Herman Rouwé, Vladimir Fedotov, and Paul Corkum. Among people deceased in 2020, Pelle Svensson ranks 649. Before him are Antonina Ryzhova, Tony Dunne, Constand Viljoen, Óscar Chávez, Maria Janion, and Mohamed Ben Rehaiem. After him are Tom Seaver, Owen Arthur, Rajko Đurić, Harold Budd, Gilberto Penayo, and Lynn Harrell.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Pelle Svensson ranks 1,065 out of 1,879. Before him are Stefan Pettersson (1963), Gun Röring (1930), Anita Skorgan (1958), Sebastian Larsson (1985), Kenneth Eriksson (1956), and Meja (1969). After him are Niklas Zennström (1966), Karl Gustafsson (1888), Eric Prydz (1976), Roger Pontare (1951), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), and Niclas Alexandersson (1971).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Pelle Svensson ranks 16. Before him are Axel Cadier (1906), Bertil Antonsson (1921), Frithiof Mårtensson (1884), Claes Johanson (1884), Knut Fridell (1908), and Gustav Freij (1922). After him are Lars-Erik Skiöld (1952), Frank Andersson (1956), Mikael Ljungberg (1970), Johan Eurén (1985), Jenny Fransson (1987), and Sofia Mattsson (1989).

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