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    Karl Hugo Wieslander (11 June 1889 – 24 May 1976) was a Swedish athlete. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg in 1911 with...
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  • Wieslander is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Agnes Wieslander (1873–1934), Swedish painter Hugo Wieslander (1889–1976), Swedish...
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    Crystal, which is the centre of Swedish mouth blown glass production. Hugo Wieslander, an athlete, was born here Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lessebo...
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    decathlon. Strong competition from local favorite Hugo Wieslander was expected. Thorpe, however, defeated Wieslander by 688 points. He placed in the top four in...
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    required 30 days, and reinstated Thorpe's medals. This made Thorpe and Hugo Wieslander co-champions. In 2022, the IOC decided to display Thorpe as the sole...
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  • deemed improper, and Thorpe became co-champion with Ferdinand Bie and Hugo Wieslander, although both of these athletes had always said they considered Thorpe...
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    Silver Bronze edit 1912 Stockholm details Jim Thorpe  United States Hugo Wieslander  Sweden Charles Lomberg  Sweden Gösta Holmér  Sweden 1920 Antwerp details...
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    May 15 – Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian (b. 1887) May 24 – Hugo Wieslander, Swedish Olympic athlete (b. 1889) May 26 Martin Heidegger, German...
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    three years earlier. In solidarity, the decathlon silver medalist, Hugo Wieslander, refused to accept the medals when they were offered to him. The gold...
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  • Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (d. 1927) 1889 – Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (d. 1976) 1894 – Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman...
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