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Alex Gough

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Alex Gough (born May 12, 1987) is a retired Canadian luger who competed between 2002 and 2018. Gough is a two-time Olympic luge medalist, winning bronze in the women's singles event and silver in the team relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She was the first Canadian to win a luge medal at the Olympics. Gough won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships 2011 in Cesana, the first ever for a Canadian woman and only the second overall (Miroslav Zajonc was the first with his gold in the men's singles event in 1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Gough is the 6,091st most popular athlete (down from 5,768th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,405th in 2019) and the 148th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alex Gough ranks 6,091 out of 6,025. Before her are Nisha, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Serhiy Smelyk, Simone Alessio, Mateusz Bieniek, and Avtandil Kentchadze. After her are Marius Cozmiuc, Jake Kaminski, Csaba Burján, Marcella Filippi, Wei Yongli, and Arshad Nadeem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Alex Gough ranks 1,475. Before her are Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Ayaki Suzuki, Amy Rodriguez, Artsiom Parakhouski, Zsuzsanna Tomori, and Serhiy Smelyk. After her are Brandon Laird, Yerkebulan Shynaliyev, Tiffany Porter, Lao Lishi, Vladlena Bobrovnikova, and Vasilisa Bardina.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alex Gough ranks 1,504 out of 1,622. Before her are Cory Joseph (1991), Meaghan Benfeito (1989), Sarah Grey (1996), Sébastien Toutant (1992), Stéphanie Dubois (1986), and Camryn Rogers (1999). After her are Ray Emery (1982), Jessie Reyez (1991), Drew Doughty (1989), Braden Holtby (1989), Gillian Carleton (1989), and Mat Robinson (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Alex Gough ranks 148. Before her are Brian McKeever (1979), Kevin Light (1979), Ethan Katzberg (2002), Meaghan Benfeito (1989), Sébastien Toutant (1992), and Camryn Rogers (1999). After her are Andrea Proske (1986), Perdita Felicien (1980), Michelle Finn (null), Brendon Rodney (1992), Andrew Byrnes (1983), and Emily Batty (1988).

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