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Conn Findlay

1930 - 2021

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Francis Conn Findlay (April 24, 1930 – April 8, 2021) was an American Olympic rower and sailor. He won four Olympic medals in those two sports, including two golds in coxed pair. He was also part of the America's Cup sailing crews that won in 1974 and 1977. He is one of 11 sailors to have won both the America's Cup and an Olympic medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Conn Findlay is the 2,000th most popular athlete (up from 2,706th in 2024), the 10,817th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,920th in 2019) and the 354th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Conn Findlay ranks 2,000 out of 6,025. Before him are Mayumi Aoki, Reinhard Eiben, Liu Xiang, Aileen Meagher, Mac Wilkins, and Jenő Hámori. After him are Bernard Talvard, Harry Siljander, Mario Aldo Montano, Franco Bertinetti, Anders Peter Nielsen, and Derartu Tulu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Conn Findlay ranks 565. Before him are Roberta Peters, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Aleksandar Matanović, Guillermo Díaz, Allan Williams, and Bertha Brouwer. After him are Jim Nabors, Maureen Forrester, Ty Hardin, James Dunbar, George Steinbrenner, and Mike Sparken. Among people deceased in 2021, Conn Findlay ranks 588. Before him are Padma Sachdev, Virgil Abloh, Gert Blomé, Paul Mariner, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, and Valery Garkalin. After him are Umberto Colombo, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Catherine Tizard, Lester Bird, Tawny Kitaen, and Igor Nikulin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conn Findlay ranks 10,819 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Hillerman (1925), Wilmer Valderrama (1980), Kathy Hilton (1959), King Curtis (1934), Thomas C. Hart (1877), and Chris Klein (1979). After him are James M. Bardeen (1939), Peter Segal (1962), Dick Richards (1936), Kevin Moore (1967), Edward Brooke (1919), and Jim Nabors (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Conn Findlay ranks 354. Before him are Lou Jones (1932), Horatio Fitch (1900), Lillian Copeland (1904), Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), William Dickey (1874), and Mac Wilkins (1950). After him are Marion Roper (1910), James Dunbar (1930), Kenny Roberts Jr. (1973), Gwen Torrence (1965), Charles Dumas (1937), and Frank Henry (1909).

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