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Ruth Svedberg

1903 - 2002

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Ruth Augusta Svedberg (14 April 1903 – 27 December 2002) was a Swedish track and field athlete. She competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw events and won a bronze medal in the discus, failing to reach the finals in sprint events. Two years later she won the bronze medal in the triathlon at the third Women's World Games. Svedberg held national records in the discus throw, shot put and triathlon and won the national championships in the long jump (1933), shot put (1933 and 1937), discus (1927, 1929–30, 1932–33 and 1949), javelin throw (1929, 1931 and 1933), triathlon (1929–31, 1933, 1937 and 1938), and in the 4×80 m (1939–41) and 4 × 100 m sprint relays (1943–45 and 1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Svedberg is the 1,572nd most popular athlete (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 1,000th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ruth Svedberg ranks 1,572 out of 6,025. Before her are Denis Oswald, Romeo Rivers, Gerd Hornberger, Paola Pigni, Maureen Caird, and Petar Šegvić. After her are Bruno Visintin, Hans Grodotzki, Willem Slijkhuis, Martin Strel, Kaarlo Tuominen, and Jean-Jacques Guissart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ruth Svedberg ranks 311. Before her are George Padmore, George Koltanowski, Diógenes Lara, Josef Maleček, Juan Jover, and Tadeusz Friedrich. After her are Lola Álvarez Bravo, Niní Marshall, Vernon Duke, Harold Whitlock, Ella Baker, and Yuli Raizman. Among people deceased in 2002, Ruth Svedberg ranks 279. Before her are Peter R. Hunt, Mary Carew, Vladimir Romashkin, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Katya Paskaleva, and Conny Vandenbos. After her are Melih Cevdet Anday, Barry Foster, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, John Buscema, Spike Milligan, and Vladimir Vasyutin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ruth Svedberg ranks 1,000 out of 1,879. Before her are Arne Månsson (1925), Helge Liljebjörn (1904), Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746), Johnny Ekström (1965), Gunnar Höjer (1875), and Hans Jacobson (1947). After her are Daniel Norling (1888), Assar Rönnlund (1935), Olle Håkansson (1927), Gösta Sandberg (1932), Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), and Erik Elmsäter (1919).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Ruth Svedberg ranks 92. Before her are Konrad Granström (1900), Göte Hagström (1918), Herbert Lindström (1886), Carl Bertilsson (1889), Gunnar Larsson (1944), and Gunnar Höjer (1875). After her are Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), Erik Elmsäter (1919), Gösta Runö (1896), Emil Magnusson (1887), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), and Ulf Sterner (1941).

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