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Arthur Wint

1920 - 1992

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Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Competing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, whilst a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he won two gold and two silver medals, becoming the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Wint is the 1,859th most popular athlete (down from 1,348th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 55th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arthur Wint ranks 1,859 out of 6,025. Before him are Chris Brown, Delfo Cabrera, Georg de Laval, Endre Tilli, Leonid Shcherbakov, and Norman Taber. After him are Bohumil Modrý, Tommy Kono, Paul Nihill, Frank Schaffer, László Fábián, and Matthias Behr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Arthur Wint ranks 402. Before him are Zully Moreno, Adolph Dubs, Luisa Cuesta, Václav Havel, Jack Rowley, and Ella Raines. After him are Lamberto Dalla Costa, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Man Mohan Adhikari, Simon Pimenta, Michael Bates, and Errol Barrow. Among people deceased in 1992, Arthur Wint ranks 253. Before him are Tamara Lazakovich, Yutaka Ozaki, Sabiha Bengütaş, Fedor Samokhin, Josephine McKim, and Robert Marshak. After him are Red Mitchell, Eddie Hazel, Kanan Devi, Dionizije Dvornić, George Adams, and Al Parker.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Arthur Wint ranks 60 out of 189. Before him are Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Yellowman (1956), Bilal Philips (1947), Augustus Pablo (1954), Alton Ellis (1938), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Coxsone Dodd (1932), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Andrew Holness (1972), Donovan Bailey (1967), and Keith Gardner (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Arthur Wint ranks 11. Before him are Merlene Ottey (1960), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Lennox Miller (1946), Don Quarrie (1951), Elaine Thompson (1992), and Asafa Powell (1982). After him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Donovan Bailey (1967), Keith Gardner (1929), Herb McKenley (1922), Yohan Blake (1989), and Shawn Rhoden (1975).

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