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Charles Jewtraw

1900 - 1996

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Charles Jewtraw (May 5, 1900 – January 26, 1996) was an American speed skater, who won the first gold medal (in the 500 m) at the first Winter Olympics in 1924; he finished eighth in the 1500 m and 13th in the 5000 m events. Jewtraw won national titles in 1921 and 1923 and held the national record in 100 yards at 9.4 seconds. After the 1924 Games he retired from competitions and moved to New York, where he became a representative for the Spalding Sporting Goods Company. Jewtraw moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where he died in January 1996 at 95 years of age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Jewtraw is the 34th most popular skater (up from 52nd in 2019), the 5,423rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,471st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Charles Jewtraw ranks 34 out of 483. Before him are Ard Schenk, Robert Paul, Willy Böckl, Anna Hübler, Alfred Berger, and Ludmila Belousova. After him are Magda Julin, James H. Johnson, Ernst Baier, Pierre Brunet, Gabriele Seyfert, and Fritzi Burger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Charles Jewtraw ranks 183. Before him are Boris Yefimov, Alexander Mosolov, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Mikel Koliqi, Madeleine Renaud, and Juan d'Arienzo. After him are Sumitranandan Pant, Catherine Hessling, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Mikhail Isakovsky, and Halina Konopacka. Among people deceased in 1996, Charles Jewtraw ranks 160. Before him are Edmund Muskie, Imre Kovács, Teodoro Fernández, Endel Puusepp, Michel Pablo, and Joseph Mermans. After him are Ryōtarō Shiba, Cao Yu, Reinhard Libuda, Yaki Kadafi, Laurens van der Post, and Heriberto Herrera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Jewtraw ranks 5,423 out of 20,380. Before him are Cecil Taylor (1929), Black Elk (1863), Howard Stern (1954), Courtney Hodges (1887), Chelsea Field (1957), and Cotton Mather (1663). After him are Anna Faris (1976), James Longstreet (1821), Gloria Foster (1933), Jack Arnold (1916), Jim Walton (1948), and Maurice Cheeks (1956).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Charles Jewtraw ranks 3. Before him are Tonya Harding (1970), and Dick Button (1929). After him are Eric Heiden (1958), Tony Hawk (1968), Ken Henry (1929), Irving Jaffee (1906), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Carol Heiss (1940), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), David Jenkins (1936), and Terry McDermott (1940).

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