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Adolph Kiefer

1918 - 2017

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Adolph Gustav Kiefer (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) was an American competition swimmer who swam for the University of Texas, a 100-meter gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and a former world record-holder in numerous backstroke events. He was the first person in the world to break the one-minute mark in the 100-yard backstroke. Kiefer was also an inventor of new products related to aquatics competition and a founder of Adolph Kiefer and Associates, a swimming equipment company, in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolph Kiefer is the 125th most popular swimmer (up from 135th in 2019), the 8,851st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,438th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Adolph Kiefer ranks 125 out of 709. Before him are Claudia Kolb, Andrea Pollack, Frances Schroth, Lance Larson, Charles Devendeville, and Oleksandr Sydorenko. After him are Max Hainle, Nel van Vliet, Cathy Ferguson, Brenda Helser, Vladimir Salnikov, and Jean Taris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Adolph Kiefer ranks 265. Before him are Rand Brooks, Viktor Talalikhin, Jeanne Bates, Johnnie Parsons, Enrique Tierno Galván, and Donald Regan. After him are Stubby Kaye, Thelma Coyne Long, Luis Alcoriza, Göte Hagström, Edward Craven Walker, and Eero Kolehmainen. Among people deceased in 2017, Adolph Kiefer ranks 452. Before him are Aleksei Petrenko, Anthony Harvey, Václav Machek, Dieter Kottysch, Glenne Headly, and Kim Joo-hyuk. After him are Paul Falk, Françoise Héritier, Rodrigo Valdez, Viktor Chanov, Aníbal Ruiz, and Lothar Thoms.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adolph Kiefer ranks 8,853 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Stark Draper (1901), Faith Domergue (1924), Monte Hellman (1932), Candy Barr (1935), Bode Miller (1977), and Bruce Abbott (1954). After him are Lewis Cass (1782), Kevin Dobson (1943), CM Punk (1978), Paul Heyman (1965), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), and Chico Hamilton (1921).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Adolph Kiefer ranks 57. Before him are Perry McGillivray (1893), William Yorzyk (1933), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), and Lance Larson (1940). After him are Cathy Ferguson (1948), Brenda Helser (1924), Pua Kealoha (1902), Harry Hebner (1891), Warren Kealoha (1903), and Carl Robie (1945).

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