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Alberto Juantorena

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Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as the world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–1978, and in the 800 m in 1976–77, and was chosen as the Track & Field News Athlete of the Year in 1976 and 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Juantorena is the 88th most popular athlete (down from 45th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alberto Juantorena ranks 88 out of 6,025. Before him are Coroebus of Elis, Marta, Matti Järvinen, Wilma Rudolph, Zara Tindall, and Dora Ratjen. After him are Jack Shea, Efren Reyes, Sid Atkinson, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Jānis Lūsis, and Jüri Lossmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Alberto Juantorena ranks 138. Before him are Ali Zeidan, Michel Lotito, Alexander Lebed, Tim Keller, Joe Perry, and Moshe Ya'alon. After him are Scooter Libby, Kazuhisa Kono, Julius Erving, Nancy Allen, Ernesto Samper, and Péter Esterházy.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Alberto Juantorena ranks 35 out of 300. Before him are Ramón Grau (1881), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Wifredo Lam (1902), Sergio Oliva (1941), Mel Martínez (1946), and Nicolás Guillén (1902). After him are Leo Brouwer (1939), Omara Portuondo (1930), Huber Matos (1918), Tomas Milian (1933), Carlos Puebla (1917), and Steven Bauer (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Alberto Juantorena ranks 2. Before him are Javier Sotomayor (1967). After him are Iván Pedroso (1972), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), María Caridad Colón (1958), Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), Roberto Hernández (1967), Maritza Martén (1963), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), Ariel Hernández (1970), and Luis Delís (1957).

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