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Viggo Jensen

1947 - Today

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Alexander Viggo Jensen (22 June 1874 – 2 November 1930) was a Danish weightlifter, sport shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish and Nordic Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. The first weightlifting event held was the two-handed lift, in a style now known as the clean and jerk. Jensen and Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland finished the competition tied at 111.5 kilograms, though the judges declared Jensen had performed the lift with better form and would be awarded first place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Viggo Jensen is the 5,557th most popular soccer player (down from 4,742nd in 2024), the 641st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 600th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Danish Soccer Player.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Viggo Jensen ranks 5,557 out of 21,273. Before him are Salvador Reyes Monteón, Cristiano Doni, José Cardozo, Enzo Pérez, Marjan Mrmić, and Luis Islas. After him are Quincy Promes, Markus Rosenberg, Toshiya Miura, Jean Taillandier, Marc Janko, and Jörgen Augustsson.

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Among people born in 1947, Viggo Jensen ranks 772. Before him are Lev Rubinstein, Dao Bandon, Oliver Friggieri, Bernard Talvard, David Robb, and Nicole Bricq. After him are Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, Patrick Grainville, Hubert Ingraham, Chris Thomas, Yehude Simon, and Anne Fine.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 641 out of 1,032. Before him are Anders Peter Nielsen (1867), Jens Galschiøt (1954), Prince Nikolai of Denmark (1999), Per Stig Møller (1942), Mikkel Følsgaard (1984), and Ester Boserup (1910). After him are Kasper Hjulmand (1972), Ole Kjær (1954), Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Mads Pedersen (1995), Connie Hedegaard (1960), and Kai Winding (1922).

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Among Soccer Players In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Viggo Jensen ranks 65. Before him are Bjørn Rasmussen (1885), Michael Krohn-Dehli (1983), Ole Rasmussen (1952), Tommy Troelsen (1940), Poul Pedersen (1932), and Brian Priske (1977). After him are Ole Kjær (1954), Thomas Christiansen (1973), Troels Rasmussen (1961), Lars Elstrup (1963), Lars Høgh (1959), and Emre Mor (1997).

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