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Bob Kiesel

1911 - 1993

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Robert Allan "Bob" Kiesel (August 30, 1911 – August 6, 1993) was an American sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He worked for a paint manufacturing company until 1941, then served in the U.S. Army, then spent 23 years in the family real estate and investment business in Utah, and finally settled on his farm in Idaho. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Bob Kiesel is the 706th most popular athlete (down from 356th in 2024), the 6,832nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,314th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Kiesel ranks 706 out of 6,025. Before him are Guy Butler, Frank Havens, Ivan Brown, Franco Faggi, Henri Hérouin, and Verner Järvinen. After him are Benjamin Kogo, Emerson Spencer, George Dole, Audrey Brown, Gustaf Jansson, and Janet Moreau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Bob Kiesel ranks 252. Before him are Stan Kenton, Donald Piper, Brigitte Horney, Rudolf Raftl, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Enric Valor i Vives. After him are Consalvo Sanesi, Robert Marchand, Gustav Wetterström, Albina Osipowich, Mervyn Peake, and Mirza Ibrahimov. Among people deceased in 1993, Bob Kiesel ranks 185. Before him are Béla Sárosi, Albert Collins, Dumitru Stăniloae, Andrée Brunet, J. R. D. Tata, and Janet Margolin. After him are Fred Gwynne, Mirza Ibrahimov, Alfred Manessier, Rudolf Wetzer, Uğur Mumcu, and Tahar Djaout.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Kiesel ranks 6,834 out of 20,380. Before him are Janet Margolin (1943), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Kevin Johnson (1966), Juan Trippe (1899), John Cromwell (1886), and Mark Lanegan (1964). After him are Tom Verlaine (1949), Bill Lawrence (1968), Fat Lever (1960), Derek Luke (1974), John Jacob Abel (1857), and Susan Kohner (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob Kiesel ranks 165. Before him are Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Rex Cawley (1940), Jean Shiley (1911), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Frank Havens (1924), and Ivan Brown (1908). After him are Emerson Spencer (1906), George Dole (1885), Janet Moreau (1927), George Woods (1943), Lee Barnes (1906), and Hal Brown (1898).

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