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Charles Mayer

1882 - 1972

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Charles Mayer (7 January 1882 – 5 May 1972) was an American middleweight and heavyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won two medals in boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, one of only five boxers in Olympic history to ever do so. In the middleweight category he defeated fellow American Benjamin Spradley in the final to win a gold medal but took silver in the heavier heavyweight category. Mayer only had to compete in two fights to capture his two medals, in the middleweight class only two boxers participated. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Mayer is the 105th most popular boxer (up from 113th in 2019), the 4,405th most popular biography from France (up from 4,685th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Charles Mayer ranks 105 out of 496. Before him are Ulderico Sergo, Jerzy Kulej, Aureliano Bolognesi, Tyson Fury, Michael Spinks, and Jean Despeaux. After him are Jess Willard, Sandro Lopopolo, Willy Kaiser, István Énekes, Santiago Lovell, and Issake Dabore.

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Among people born in 1882, Charles Mayer ranks 215. Before him are Pierre Mac Orlan, Ivan Olbracht, Albert Coates, Ossip Bernstein, Richard Johansson, and Leonard Nelson. After him are Mykolas Biržiška, Manuel Goded Llopis, Robert Curry, Harry Liedtke, Wilhelm Nusselt, and Tadas Ivanauskas. Among people deceased in 1972, Charles Mayer ranks 186. Before him are Alexander Bek, Havergal Brian, Andrea Andreen, Jan Diddens, Jan Wils, and Rainer von Fieandt. After him are He Xiangning, Aharon Katzir, Armandinho, Arthur Russell, Edward Cook, and Juan Manuel Gálvez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Mayer ranks 4,405 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), Jacques-Pierre Amette (1943), Paul Passy (1859), Princess Marie of Denmark (1976), Florence Delay (1941), and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954). After him are Athina Onassis (1985), Willy Ronis (1910), Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908), Antoine Duhamel (1925), Michel Maffesoli (1944), and André Gaboriaud (1895).

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Among BOXERS In France

Among boxers born in France, Charles Mayer ranks 5. Before him are Roger Michelot (1912), Georges Carpentier (1894), Paul Fritsch (1901), and Jean Despeaux (1915). After him are Alexis Vastine (1986), Tony Yoka (1992), Jérôme Thomas (1979), Brahim Asloum (1979), Sofiane Oumiha (1994), Daouda Sow (1983), and Billal Bennama (1998).

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