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Vilhjálmur Einarsson

1934 - 2019

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Vilhjálmur Einarsson (5 June 1934 – 28 December 2019) was an Icelandic track and field athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of Reyðarfjörður and was the son of Einar Stefánsson and Sigríður Vilhjálmsdóttir. In 1956 Vilhjálmur set a new Olympic Record by jumping 16.26 m in the triple jump, only to be surpassed by Brazil's Adhemar da Silva in the same competition. This was the most unexpected result of the Olympics that year, and his silver medal was Iceland's first ever Olympic medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhjálmur Einarsson is the 497th most popular athlete (down from 418th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Iceland and the most popular Icelander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 497 out of 6,025. Before him are Lawrence Stevens, Alfred Swahn, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Gustaf Söderström, Leo Sexton, and Yang Chuan-kwang. After him are Gustavo Marzi, Armas Toivonen, John Winter, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Alexander Ragulin, and Tamara Tyshkevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 303. Before him are Michael Artin, Piet Dankert, Settela Steinbach, Jimmy Fontana, Oscar Cruz, and Claudio Scimone. After him are Martí Vergés, Kjell Bäckman, Susan George, Gleb Panfilov, Phan Văn Khải, and Roy Kerr. Among people deceased in 2019, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 274. Before him are Dimitar Dobrev, Robert Waseige, Bayram Şit, José Nápoles, Gene Wolfe, and Rui Jordão. After him are Piero Tosi, Julie Adams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Elina Bystritskaya, Ilona Novák, and Kjell Bäckman.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 50 out of 190. Before him are Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Jón Leifs (1899), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), and Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976). After him are Hannes Hafstein (1861), Saint Thorlak (1133), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932).

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Among ATHLETES In Iceland

Among athletes born in Iceland, Vilhjálmur Einarsson ranks 1. After him are Torfi Bryngeirsson (1926), Vala Flosadóttir (1978), Aníta Hinriksdóttir (1996), Anton McKee (null), and Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson (null).

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