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Ragnhild Hveger

1920 - 2011

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Ragnhild Tove Hveger (later Andersen, 10 December 1920 – 1 December 2011) was a Danish swimmer, who won silver medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the 1936 Summer Olympics. From 1936 to 1943 she set 44 world records, and at one time she held 19 world records in different distances and disciplines. In 1938 she won three gold medals at the European championships. Being the daughter of a Nazi, the sister of an Eastern front volunteer, and married to a German officer, she became very unpopular after the war, and was barred from the Danish team for the 1948 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ragnhild Hveger is the 103rd most popular swimmer (down from 67th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 528th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ragnhild Hveger ranks 103 out of 709. Before her are Otto Wahle, Jack Medica, Katie Ledecky, Éva Novák-Gerard, Tity Dumbuya, and Jan Henne. After her are Ethel Lackie, Oscar Grégoire, Matt Biondi, Ulrike Richter, Lynn Burke, and László Szabados.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ragnhild Hveger ranks 345. Before her are Guinn Smith, Julian Jaynes, Thomas Sebeok, Josef Doležal, Olle Åhlund, and Kamisese Mara. After her are Richard Bong, Aleksandar Atanacković, Jim Siedow, Beah Richards, Mykola Rudenko, and Alberto Calderón. Among people deceased in 2011, Ragnhild Hveger ranks 336. Before her are Cesare Rubini, Zoltán Berczik, Michael Sarrazin, George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, and Annette Charles. After her are Lewis Binford, Maurice Goldhaber, Nasser Hejazi, Gilbert Adair, Célestin Oliver, and Wenche Foss.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ragnhild Hveger ranks 526 out of 1,032. Before her are Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), Henrik Larsen (1966), Rasmus Højlund (2003), Oswald of Worcester (1000), Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685), and Birgit Brüel (1927). After her are Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850), Daniel Agger (1984), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Nina Bang (1866), Lise Nørgaard (1917), and Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871).

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Among SWIMMERS In Denmark

Among swimmers born in Denmark, Ragnhild Hveger ranks 2. Before her are Greta Andersen (1927). After her are Pernille Blume (1994), Lotte Friis (1988), Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1989), Mie Nielsen (1996), Mads Glæsner (1988), Helena Rosendahl Bach (2000), Emilie Beckmann (1997), and Alexander Nørgaard (2000).

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