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Roald Larsen

1898 - 1959

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Roald Morel Larsen (1 February 1898 – 28 July 1959) was a World Champion speed skater from Norway. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo). Roald Larsen's parents were Hans Jacob Larsen, a glazier born in Kristiania in 1870, and Lydia Larsen, born in Porsgrunn in 1865. They had four children, all sons: Jaan Harald (1891), Lyder Ragnar (1895), Roald Morel (1898), and Gelgjermo Stone (1899). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roald Larsen is the 524th most popular athlete (up from 579th in 2019). (up from 3,828th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Roald Larsen ranks 524 out of 6,025. Before him are Yiannis Kouros, Natalya Lisovskaya, Norman Read, Alfons Dorfner, Monika Zehrt, and Hiroki Ito. After him are Percy Hodge, Sven Thofelt, Robert Liottel, Gert Fredriksson, Émile Champion, and Fred Alderman.

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Among people born in 1898, Roald Larsen ranks 180. Before him are Akmal Ikramov, Bessie Love, Aksel Airo, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Simon Vestdijk, and Arend Heyting. After him are Masuji Ibuse, Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Lily Pons, and Hal B. Wallis. Among people deceased in 1959, Roald Larsen ranks 135. Before him are Ion Gigurtu, Alfonso López Pumarejo, Lou Costello, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, William J. Donovan, and Giuseppe Bottai. After him are Alexander Rueb, Esfir Shub, Jean Grémillon, Friedrich Waismann, Walter Bathe, and Max Gerson.

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