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Alice Coachman

1923 - 2014

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Alice Marie Coachman Davis (November 9, 1923 – July 14, 2014) was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Coachman is the 609th most popular athlete (down from 292nd in 2019), the 6,368th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,763rd in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alice Coachman ranks 609 out of 6,025. Before her are Ottavio Missoni, Mikio Oda, David Curtiss Munson, Michel Jazy, Francisco Villota, and Veli Lehtelä. After her are Henri Chammartin, George Larner, Mate Trojanović, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Luise Krüger, and Nadezhda Tkachenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alice Coachman ranks 267. Before her are Jacob Taubes, Ellsworth Kelly, Joseph Keller, Rudolf Augstein, Louise Brough, and Bryce DeWitt. After her are Henryk Gulbinowicz, Juvenal Amarijo, Ennio de Concini, Simeon ten Holt, Isao Kimura, and Erika Böhm-Vitense. Among people deceased in 2014, Alice Coachman ranks 280. Before her are Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, Mel Patton, Samih al-Qasim, and Louise Brough. After her are Brian G. Hutton, Frans van der Lugt, Victor J. Stenger, China Zorrilla, Ruby Dee, and Cornell Borchers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Coachman ranks 6,369 out of 20,380. Before her are Clifton Webb (1889), Bryce DeWitt (1923), Jack Albertson (1907), Bradley Whitford (1959), Frank Frazetta (1928), and Ossie Davis (1917). After her are Jim Cummings (1952), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Ty Dolla Sign (1985), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), Larry Coryell (1943), and Brian G. Hutton (1935).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Alice Coachman ranks 144. Before her are James Juvenal (1874), Frederick Lorz (1884), Don Bragg (1935), Mel Patton (1924), Caroline Smith (1906), and David Curtiss Munson (1884). After her are Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), George Horine (1890), Glenn Morris (1912), Glenn Hardin (1910), William Jordan (1898), and Otis Davis (1932).

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