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Betty Cuthbert

1938 - 2017

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Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017), was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. Cuthbert also contributed to Australian relay teams completing a win in the 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 110 yards, 4 × 200 metres and 4 × 220 yards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Cuthbert is the 363rd most popular athlete (up from 423rd in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Australia (up from 158th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Betty Cuthbert ranks 363 out of 6,025. Before her are Gösta Lilliehöök, Pavel Schmidt, Evelyn Furtsch, Ugo Frigerio, Erik Lundqvist, and Étienne Gailly. After her are Marianne Werner, Harald Grønningen, Gergely Kulcsár, Ludvík Daněk, Micheline Ostermeyer, and Angela Voigt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Betty Cuthbert ranks 284. Before her are Enzo G. Castellari, Daevid Allen, Anatoly Marchenko, Shashi Kapoor, Torgny Lindgren, and Lindsay Kemp. After her are Ants Antson, Günter Brus, Aquilino Bocos Merino, Mirko Kovač, Louis-Marie Billé, and Lyubov Panchenko. Among people deceased in 2017, Betty Cuthbert ranks 252. Before her are Hilarion Capucci, Ludvig Faddeev, Christine Keeler, Shashi Kapoor, Jan Tříska, and Torgny Lindgren. After her are Brunhilde Pomsel, Armando Calderón Sol, Georgy Grechko, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Attilio Nicora, and Angry Grandpa.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 136 out of 1,143. Before her are Richard Norton (1950), Christopher Doyle (1952), Chris O'Neil (1956), John Flanagan (1944), Daevid Allen (1938), and Lew Hoad (1934). After her are John Curtin (1885), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Graham Arnold (1963), Peter Norman (1942), Lionel Cox (1930), and Colin Burgess (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 4. Before her are Bobby Pearce (1905), Ron Clarke (1937), and Al Lawrence (1930). After her are Peter Norman (1942), George Parker (1896), Gordon George Avery (1925), John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), and Stan Rowley (1876).

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