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Annie Speirs

1889 - 1926

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Annie Coupe Speirs (14 July 1889 – 26 October 1926), also known by her married name Annie Coombe, was a British competition swimmer who won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Individually, she finished fifth in the women's 100-metre freestyle event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annie Speirs is the 187th most popular swimmer (down from 171st in 2019), the 5,467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,572nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Annie Speirs ranks 187 out of 709. Before her are John Hencken, Marie Corridon, Sybil Bauer, Michael Gross, Inge de Bruijn, and Bill Smith. After her are Rica Reinisch, Mina Wylie, Helen Wainwright, Shiro Hashizume, Susan Pedersen, and Missy Franklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Annie Speirs ranks 285. Before her are Fanny Durack, Ray Collins, Eugene Pallette, Hans Beyer, Amedee Reyburn, and George Hutson. After her are William Keighley, Moroni Olsen, Edward Sedgwick, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Vasily Struve, and Robert Benchley. Among people deceased in 1926, Annie Speirs ranks 119. Before her are Zofka Kveder, Charles Montagu Doughty, Emily Hobhouse, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Sidney Lee, and Patrick Leahy. After her are Charles Marion Russell, Wesley Coe, Tom Forman, Ronald Firbank, Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Annie Speirs ranks 5,469 out of 8,785. Before her are Roger C. Field (1945), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Juno Temple (1989), Maurice Norman (1934), Richie Faulkner (1980), and Mary Rand (1940). After her are Angela Mortimer (1932), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), David Marshall (1985), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), Gemma Chan (1982), and Lee Grant (1983).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Annie Speirs ranks 11. Before her are John Derbyshire (1878), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Irene Steer (1889), Lucy Morton (1898), and Valerie Davies (1912). After her are Hilda James (1904), Judy Grinham (1939), Anita Lonsbrough (1941), Ben Proud (1994), Tom Dean (2000), and Adam Peaty (1994).

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