Benedikt G. Waage
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Benedikt G. Waage
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Benedikt Waage Guðjónsson was an Icelandic athlete and businessman. He was the chairman of the Sports Association of Iceland from 1926 to 1962 and a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1946 til his death. A well known athlete in Iceland in his youth, he was the first person to finish the Viðeyjarsund when he swam the 4.4 km route from Viðey to Reykjavík on 6 September 1914.
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Icelandic athlete
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_G._Waage
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2024-02-25T22:33:15Z
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