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Thomas Thorstensen

1880 - 1953

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Thomas Thorstensen (18 May 1880 – 18 June 1953) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Norwegian team, he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908. Four years later, the Norwegian team, of which he was still part, won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Thorstensen is the 145th most popular gymnast (down from 126th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 461st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Thomas Thorstensen ranks 145 out of 370Before him are Alfred Engelsen, Jacob Opdahl, Bedřich Šupčík, Otto Authén, Nils Granfelt, and Bjarne Johnsen. After him are Axel Janse, Hans Beyer, Vanja Blomberg, Robert Sjursen, Roland Brückner, and Simone Biles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Thomas Thorstensen ranks 219Before him are George Herriman, R. H. Tawney, Ernest Townsend, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Frances Perkins, and Alexander Hall. After him are Tom Taylor, Louis Wolheim, Jean Alexandre Barré, Giles Gilbert Scott, Damon Runyon, and Georg Hoffmann. Among people deceased in 1953, Thomas Thorstensen ranks 186Before him are Francis Ford, Delfo Bellini, Fred M. Vinson, Sara Adler, Ethel Muckelt, and Abdullah Yusuf Ali. After him are Alan Curtis, Josef Ternström, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Herbert E. Ives, Edward Sedgwick, and Roland Young.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thomas Thorstensen ranks 502 out of 1,039Before him are Carl I. Hagen (1944), Roy Khan (1970), Johann Olav Koss (1968), Lene Marlin (1980), Sophus Bugge (1833), and Bjarne Johnsen (1892). After him are Thomas Alsgaard (1972), Odd Frantzen (1913), Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (1815), Ane Brun (1976), Anne Jahren (1963), and Hans Beyer (1889).

Among GYMNASTS In Norway

Among gymnasts born in Norway, Thomas Thorstensen ranks 10Before him are Øistein Schirmer (1879), Sigvard Sivertsen (1881), Frithjof Sælen (1892), Alfred Engelsen (1893), Jacob Opdahl (1894), and Bjarne Johnsen (1892). After him are Hans Beyer (1889), Robert Sjursen (1891), Tor Lund (1888), Sigurd Jørgensen (1887), Gabriel Thorstensen (1888), and You Hao (1992).