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Alvin Kraenzlein

1876 - 1928

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Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein (December 12, 1876 – January 6, 1928) was an American track-and-field athlete known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique". He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. As of 2016, Alvin Kraenzlein is the only track-and-field athlete who has won four individual titles at one Olympics. Kraenzlein is also known for developing a pioneering technique of straight-leg hurdling, which allowed him to set two world hurdle records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alvin Kraenzlein is the 48th most popular athlete (up from 59th in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,156th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alvin Kraenzlein ranks 48 out of 6,025. Before him are Julia, Jonathan Edwards, Greg Bell, Ellery Harding Clark, Javier Sotomayor, and Marita Koch. After him are Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, Barbara, Arthur Blake, and Irena Szewińska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Alvin Kraenzlein ranks 54. Before him are Ivan Bilibin, Ziya Gökalp, Robert Guérin, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Ettore Bastico, and Anna de Noailles. After him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Joseph M. Schenck, Fevzi Çakmak, Paul Masson, August Sander, and Nicola Romeo. Among people deceased in 1928, Alvin Kraenzlein ranks 32. Before him are Giovanni Giolitti, Loie Fuller, Armando Diaz, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Myrtle Corbin, and Antonio Abetti. After him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Ebenezer Howard, Jan Toorop, Hideyo Noguchi, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and Pavel Axelrod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvin Kraenzlein ranks 2,163 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam West (1928), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Gene Sharp (1928), Martin Gardner (1914), Mary Steenburgen (1953), and William Le Baron Jenney (1832). After him are Walter Alvarez (1940), Paul L. Smith (1936), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Stacy Keach (1941), Robert Bloch (1917), and John Densmore (1944).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Alvin Kraenzlein ranks 19. Before him are Ronnie Coleman (1964), Lee Evans (1947), Michael Johnson (1967), Ray Ewry (1873), Greg Bell (1930), and Ellery Harding Clark (1874). After him are Arthur Blake (1872), John Woodruff (1915), Richard Sheldon (1878), Jim Lightbody (1882), Frederick Schule (1879), and Glenn Davis (1934).

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