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Charles Coste

1924 - 2025

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Charles Coste (8 February 1924 – 30 October 2025) was a French cyclist, and an Olympic champion in team pursuit from 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Charles Coste is the 81st most popular cyclist (up from 246th in 2024), the 3,377th most popular biography from France (up from 4,807th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Charles Coste ranks 81 out of 1,613. Before him are Bernard Thévenet, Jean Stablinski, Julio Jiménez, Adri van der Poel, Bjarne Riis, and Ferdinando Terruzzi. After him are Jacques Dupont, Greg LeMond, Marcel Kint, Mino De Rossi, Alexander Vinokourov, and Lucien Aimar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Charles Coste ranks 222. Before him are Gevork Vartanian, Nina Foch, Jaime Lusinchi, Janet Frame, Genichi Taguchi, and Ferdinando Terruzzi. After him are Werner Kohlmeyer, Yuri Orlov, Aman Andom, Viktor Astafyev, Ken Armstrong, and Isadore Singer. Among people deceased in 2025, Charles Coste ranks 225. Before him are Taina Elg, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Pamela Bach, Claude Allègre, Xu Qiliang, and Garth Hudson. After him are Roy Ayers, Edmund White, Andrea de Adamich, Talgat Musabayev, Barbara Frischmuth, and Sandra Harding.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Coste ranks 3,377 out of 6,770. Before him are André Parrot (1901), Olivier Blanchard (1948), Claude Cahen (1909), Jacques Tardi (1946), Robert Enrico (1931), and Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency (1595). After him are Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1725), Philippe Léotard (1940), Ernest Monis (1846), Casimir Pierre Périer (1777), Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), and Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Charles Coste ranks 18. Before him are Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Roger Pingeon (1940), Roger Walkowiak (1927), Bernard Thévenet (1948), and Jean Stablinski (1932). After him are Jacques Dupont (1928), Lucien Aimar (1941), Antonin Magne (1904), Jean Robic (1921), Georges Speicher (1907), and Albert Taillandier (1879).

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