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Bruce Harlan

1926 - 1959

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Bruce Ira Harlan (January 2, 1926 – June 22, 1959) was a diver and Olympic champion from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received one gold medal and one silver medal. Harlan was a high school wrestler and pole vaulter in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Harlan coached diving at the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1959. On June 21, 1959, he took part in a diving exhibition in Fairfield, Connecticut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Bruce Harlan is the 2,308th most popular athlete (down from 2,184th in 2024), the 12,317th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,888th in 2019) and the 398th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bruce Harlan ranks 2,308 out of 6,025. Before him are Inta Kļimoviča, Celina Jesionowska, Magdalena Neuner, Charles Hefferon, Yekaterina Fesenko, and Armin Zöggeler. After him are Karl-Hans Riehm, José Marín, Yuliya Levchenko, Jack Yerman, Sifan Hassan, and Lynn Davies.

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Among people born in 1926, Bruce Harlan ranks 521. Before him are Joan Lorring, Alfonso Silva, Don Messick, Kenneth Williams, J. P. Donleavy, and Aldo Tarlao. After him are Karl Gordon Henize, André Testut, Doris Belack, Paul Lynde, Mona Freeman, and Ruth Asawa. Among people deceased in 1959, Bruce Harlan ranks 208. Before him are Nils Granfelt, Eusebio Díaz, Baby Dodds, Vincenzo Cardarelli, George Amick, and Gilda Gray. After him are Frank Vaughn, Paul Douglas, Clarence McKerrow, James Gleason, Taylor Holmes, and Stanley Spencer.

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bruce Harlan ranks 398. Before him are Foy Draper (1911), Joe Kovacs (1989), Fortune Gordien (1922), Ron Brown (1961), Ollan Cassell (1937), and Wesley Coe (1879). After him are Jack Yerman (1939), Phil Heath (1979), Martha Hudson (1939), John McLean (1878), Pete George (1929), and Gerry Ashworth (1942).

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