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Bob Schul

1937 - 2024

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Robert Keyser Schul (September 28, 1937 – June 16, 2024) was an American long-distance runner. As of 2024, he is the only American to have won an Olympic gold medal in the 5000 m, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Bob Schul is the 654th most popular athlete (up from 1,966th in 2024), the 6,627th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,093rd in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Schul ranks 654 out of 6,025. Before him are Albert Nasse, Oscar Pistorius, Vladimir Melanin, Eva Janko, George Simpson, and Yrjö Nikkanen. After him are Ervin Mészáros, Frederick Moloney, Chūhei Nambu, Tore Sjöstrand, Charles Bacon, and Arnie Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bob Schul ranks 336. Before him are Zhang Jie, Richard Petty, Miguel Trovoada, Jeff Farrell, Pedro Casado, and Ali Soilih. After him are José Sacristán, Peter Fleischmann, Lenny Wilkens, Renato Longo, Linda Lavin, and Merle Haggard. Among people deceased in 2024, Bob Schul ranks 323. Before him are James C. Scott, Choe Thae-bok, Jean Petit, Otis Davis, Tony Lo Bianco, and Joe Lieberman. After him are Damo Suzuki, Marwan Issa, Hans-Emil Schuster, Yoshiko Kuga, Jorge Toro, and Akebono Tarō.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Schul ranks 6,627 out of 20,380. Before him are George Simpson (1908), Tony Ferguson (1984), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Raoul Trujillo (1955), and William H. Dana (1930). After him are Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Carol Alt (1960), John Hejduk (1929), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Big Joe Turner (1911), Adele Goldberg (1945), and Maria Canals-Barrera (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob Schul ranks 153. Before him are Glenn Hardin (1910), William Jordan (1898), Otis Davis (1932), Arthur Shaw (1886), Albert Nasse (1878), and George Simpson (1908). After him are Frederick Moloney (1882), Charles Bacon (1885), Arnie Robinson (1948), Jay Cutler (1973), Ethel Catherwood (1908), and Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915).

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