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Cecil Healy

1881 - 1918

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Cecil Patrick Healy (28 November 1881 – 29 August 1918) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100 m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He was killed in the First World War at the Somme during an attack on a German trench. Healy was the second swimmer behind Frederick Lane to represent Australia in Swimming and has been allocated the number "2" by Swimming Australia on a list of all Australians who have represented Australia at an Open International Level. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cecil Healy is the 139th most popular swimmer (up from 179th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Australia (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Cecil Healy ranks 139 out of 709. Before him are Maria Vierdag, Max Schöne, Pua Kealoha, Hideko Maehata, Harry Hebner, and György Mitró. After him are Warren Kealoha, Clare Dennis, Carl Robie, Fernand Feyaerts, Alexander Popov, and Jennie Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Cecil Healy ranks 217. Before him are John Dill, Horace Bailey, Joel Lehtonen, Huseyn Arablinski, Pál Simon, and Francis Ford. After him are Kristian Prestrud, René Guyot, Paul Le Flem, Sigvard Sivertsen, Marion Leonard, and Thomas Lewis. Among people deceased in 1918, Cecil Healy ranks 174. Before him are Edward Abramowski, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Arthur O'Hara Wood, Arno Bieberstein, Ernie Parker, and Reggie Pridmore. After him are Walter Rauschenbusch, Amalie Materna, Gaston Salmon, Joseph F. Smith, Anna Held, and Birt Acres.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Cecil Healy ranks 317 out of 1,143. Before him are Rex Hartwig (1929), James Scullin (1876), Matthew Bingley (1971), Betty McKinnon (1925), Mike Chapman (1947), and Markus Zusak (1975). After him are Tina Arena (1967), Clare Dennis (1916), Jason Donovan (1968), John Monash (1865), Mary MacKillop (1842), and Peter Garrett (1953).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Cecil Healy ranks 4. Before him are John Devitt (1937), Ian Thorpe (1982), and Frederick Lane (1880). After him are Clare Dennis (1916), Harold Hardwick (1888), Faith Leech (1941), Leslie Boardman (1889), Fanny Durack (1889), Mina Wylie (1891), Sandra Morgan (1942), and Boy Charlton (1907).

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