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Andrew Simpson

1976 - 2013

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Andrew James "Bart" Simpson (17 December 1976 – 9 May 2013), was an English sailor who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as crew for skipper Iain Percy in the Star class representing Great Britain. Simpson died in the capsize of the catamaran he was crewing on 9 May 2013, while training for the America's Cup in San Francisco Bay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Simpson is the 4,813th most popular athlete (down from 4,460th in 2024), the 7,599th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,445th in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andrew Simpson ranks 4,813 out of 6,025. Before him are Takaharu Furukawa, Anju Bobby George, Sharon Rendle, Édson Ribeiro, Martin Sauer, and Selemon Barega. After him are Hannah Davis, Tomokazu Harimoto, David King, Saúl Craviotto, Danielle Woodward, and José Luis Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Andrew Simpson ranks 1,063. Before him are Nilton Pereira Mendes, Wednesday 13, René Hoppe, Sun Ribo, Pat Tillman, and Kristoffer Rygg. After him are Sander van Gessel, Petar Stoychev, Charlotte Ayanna, Anne Margrethe Hausken, Karsten Kroon, and Frédéric Dufour. Among people deceased in 2013, Andrew Simpson ranks 556. Before him are Besik Kudukhov, Soraya Jiménez, Rod Grams, Vince Flynn, Sarabjit Singh, and Todd Bennett. After him are Mindy McCready, Sean Edwards, Sharmila Rege, Jason Molina, Afzal Guru, and Noé Hernández.

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Andrew Simpson ranks 165. Before him are Michelle Scutt (1960), Simon Terry (1974), Helen Morgan (1966), Todd Bennett (1962), Fatima Whitbread (1961), and Sharon Rendle (1966). After him are Carl Hester (1967), Yvonne Murray (1964), Chijindu Ujah (1994), Steve Smith (1973), Matt Langridge (1983), and Marlon Devonish (1976).

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