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Carlos Lopes

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Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʒ ˈlɔpɨʃ], born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner and world-record holder in the marathon. He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist, the oldest ever Olympic marathon winner at the age of 37, and setting an Olympic record for the event which stood for 24 years. On 20 April 1985, Lopes set the men's marathon world record at 2:07:12 at the Rotterdam Marathon. At club level, he competed for Sporting CP. Regarded as one of the greatest Portuguese athletes of all-time, Lopes is the last European to hold the men's marathon world-record, between 1985 and 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Lopes is the 247th most popular athlete (down from 170th in 2019), the 4,353rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,711th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carlos Lopes ranks 247 out of 6,025. Before him are Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, Sebastian Coe, Lauri Virtanen, Bobby Morrow, and Helge Løvland. After him are Éva Székely, Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, Viktor Tsybulenko, Yelena Isinbayeva, and Charley Borah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Carlos Lopes ranks 303. Before him are Bobby Kimball, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, Hristo Bonev, Yūko Tsushima, Tessa Jowell, and Michel Berger. After him are Robertino Loreti, Ann Hui, Sammy Hagar, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Tiit Vähi, and Gunter Demnig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 4,353 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby Morrow (1935), Anthony Delon (1964), Scotty Moore (1931), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Charles J. Guiteau (1841), Harriet Lane (1830), Pharrell Williams (1973), Wayne Knight (1955), Barbara Babcock (1937), and Rue McClanahan (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 68. Before him are Parry O'Brien (1932), Bob King (1906), Bill Holland (1874), Ralph Boston (1939), Dallas Long (1940), and Bobby Morrow (1935). After him are Charley Borah (1906), James Quinn (1906), Francis Lane (1874), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Harry Hillman (1881), and Allen Woodring (1898).

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