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Charles Jenkins Sr.

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Charles Lamont "Charlie" Jenkins (born January 7, 1934) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Coached by Jumbo Elliott, Jenkins won in the 1955 National AAU title in 440 yd (402 m) but at the 1956 Olympics all eyes were on Jenkins' U.S. teammate, Lou Jones, who held the world record. Jones had won the U.S. Trials while Jenkins had placed a distant third. At Melbourne, Jenkins barely made it to the 400 m Olympic final, finishing third in both his first and second-round heats. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Jenkins Sr. is the 1,626th most popular athlete (down from 886th in 2019), the 9,431st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,644th in 2019) and the 301st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Jenkins Sr. ranks 1,626 out of 6,025. Before him are Wilhelmina von Bremen, Erik Hartsuiker, Mikhail Krivonosov, Frank Shorter, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, and Reidar Liaklev. After him are Helmut Berthold, Vladimir Belousov, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Brit Pettersen, Ana Fidelia Quirot, and Pat O'Callaghan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Charles Jenkins Sr. ranks 466. Before him are George Follmer, Marlene Mathews, Amiri Baraka, Tina Louise, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, and Roy Kinnear. After him are Guillermo Sepúlveda, David Halberstam, Giuseppina Leone, Curtis Fuller, Evy Berggren, and Stanton T. Friedman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Jenkins Sr. ranks 9,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Amy Chua (1962), Bizarre (1976), James Parrott (1897), Camilla Wicks (1928), Ellen Greene (1951), and Robert Costanzo (1942). After him are Margaret Truman (1924), Buddy Adler (1906), Wally Pfister (1961), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), John Russell (1921), and Elaine Stritch (1925).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Charles Jenkins Sr. ranks 301. Before him are Alden Sanborn (1899), David Goggins (1975), Carl Kaufmann (1936), Alfred Lane (1891), Fred Tootell (1902), and Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909). After him are Burton Downing (1885), Robert Stangland (1881), Forrest Towns (1914), John Norton (1893), Marjorie Gestring (1922), and Francis Tyler (1904).

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