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Alan Washbond

1899 - 1965

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Alan M. Washbond (October 14, 1899 – July 30, 1965) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. A native of Keene Valley, New York, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A street in Keene Valley, Alan Washbond Drive, is named in his honor. His son, Waightman, competed for the US in bobsleigh at the 1948 and 1956 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Alan Washbond is the 1,699th most popular athlete (down from 1,241st in 2024), the 9,767th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,845th in 2019) and the 309th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alan Washbond ranks 1,699 out of 6,025. Before him are Duncan White, René Guyot, Charles Bouvier, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Alvah Meyer, and George Goulding. After him are Amadou Dia Ba, Harry DeBaecke, Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, Joaquín Capilla, John Kelly, and Paul Tergat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Alan Washbond ranks 280. Before him are Alfred Mosher Butts, James Wong Howe, George O'Brien, Lyman Lemnitzer, Aline MacMahon, and Juliusz Schauder. After him are Bart McGhee, Elda Emma Anderson, Adolf Brudes, Kazimierz Laskowski, Frits Kuipers, and Lucie Mannheim. Among people deceased in 1965, Alan Washbond ranks 203. Before him are Luigi Maiocco, Alfred Lane, Boško Simonović, Edward Archibald, Bill Black, and Tadd Dameron. After him are Mary Boland, Myra Hess, Ingrid Jonker, Ludwig Wrede, Søren Marinus Jensen, and Chris Berger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Washbond ranks 9,767 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Slater (1963), Bootsy Collins (1951), Alvah Meyer (1888), and Billy Cunningham (1943). After him are Horatio Parker (1863), Percy Heath (1923), Edgar Bergen (1903), Robin Hartshorne (1938), David Bernhardt (1969), Kurt Wimmer (1964), Brad Garrett (1960), and Helen Prejean (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Alan Washbond ranks 309. Before him are Marjorie Gestring (1922), Francis Tyler (1904), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Max Emmerich (1879), Daniel Kelly (1883), and Alvah Meyer (1888). After him are Harry DeBaecke (1879), Randy Matson (1945), Willie Davenport (1943), Barney Ewell (1918), Steve Seymour (1920), and Hubert Stevens (1890).

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