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Bobby Pearce

1905 - 1976

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Henry Robert Pearce (30 September 1905 – 20 May 1976) was an Australian three-time world champion sculler of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the World Sculling Championship in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. He was a three-time Australian national champion and won the Diamond Sculls at the 1931 Henley Royal Regatta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Pearce is the 172nd most popular athlete (up from 1,502nd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Australia (up from 309th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bobby Pearce ranks 172 out of 6,025. Before him are Carlo Airoldi, Karin Balzer, Duje Bonačić, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dorando Pietri, and William Petersson. After him are Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, Eugène Mougin, Walter Tewksbury, Jim Hines, and Volmari Iso-Hollo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Bobby Pearce ranks 139. Before him are Hiroshi Inagaki, Karl Rappan, Preguinho, Abraham Zapruder, Sven Rydell, and Eduard Tubin. After him are Alex Wilson, László Benedek, Seni Pramoj, Frits Philips, Victor Kravchenko, and Anfilogino Guarisi. Among people deceased in 1976, Bobby Pearce ranks 103. Before him are Mikhail Katukov, Silvana Armenulić, Paul Douglas, Grégoire Kayibanda, Paul Strand, and Josef Sudek. After him are Marguerite Laugier, Oscar Bonavena, Richard Hughes, Werner March, Juan José Torres, and Zdeněk Fierlinger.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 98 out of 1,143. Before him are Michael Hutchence (1960), Nick Vujicic (1982), John Howard (1939), Elle Macpherson (1964), Andy Thomas (1951), and George Pell (1941). After him are Morris West (1916), Jack Crawford (1908), Yagan (1800), Edward Cassidy (1924), Judy Davis (1955), and David Wenham (1965).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 1. After him are Ron Clarke (1937), Al Lawrence (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), 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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