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Alfred Swift

1931 - 2009

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Alfred James Swift (25 June 1931 – 13 April 2009) was a South African Olympic athlete and cyclist. Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal (Kwazulu Natal) and then later for Transvaal (Gauteng). He was awarded his springbok colours in 1952 and competed at two Olympic games, 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Swift is the 163rd most popular cyclist (up from 415th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 214th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Alfred Swift ranks 163 out of 1,613. Before him are Andrei Tchmil, Maurice Peeters, Chris Froome, Leonard Meredith, Gianni Motta, and Michel Rousseau. After him are Jean Cugnot, Johan Museeuw, Marino Morettini, Peter Sagan, Renato Longo, and Sante Gaiardoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Alfred Swift ranks 341. Before him are Aldo Aureggi, Arturo Pomar, Konrad Stäheli, George Maxwell Richards, Arne Selmosson, and Ichirō Nagai. After him are Mady Mesplé, Ivan Toplak, Alvin Ailey, Yuriy Voynov, Cemal Süreya, and František Šafránek. Among people deceased in 2009, Alfred Swift ranks 218. Before him are Arnold Meri, Otar Chiladze, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Henry Gibson, Helen Levitt, and Uma Aaltonen. After him are Edmund Purdom, Richard Todd, Knut Haugland, Edward Woodward, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, and Léon Glovacki.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Alfred Swift ranks 106 out of 454. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Renée Schuurman (1939), Jamie Uys (1921), Claude Chevalley (1909), Hugh Masekela (1939), and Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891). After him are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Max Gluckman (1911), Alan Paton (1903), John Kani (1943), Helen Suzman (1917), and Tosca Musk (1974).

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Among CYCLISTS In South Africa

Among cyclists born in South Africa, Alfred Swift ranks 2. Before him are Rudolph Lewis (1887). After him are Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), Robbie Hunter (1977), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (1985), Daryl Impey (1984), Louis Meintjes (1992), Greg Minnaar (1981), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (1989), Ryan Cox (1979), and Burry Stander (1987).

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