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Cornelius Warmerdam

1915 - 2001

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Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001) was an American pole vaulter who held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He missed the Olympics due to World War II, and retired from senior competitions in 1944, though he continued to vault into his sixties. He was inducted into the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame in 1974. Warmerdam was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Dutch emigrants Adrianus and Gertrude Warmerdam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelius Warmerdam is the 1,450th most popular athlete (down from 556th in 2019), the 8,943rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,324th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Cornelius Warmerdam ranks 1,450 out of 6,025. Before him are Maurice Vignerot, József Várszegi, Wolfgang Schmidt, Lawrence Shields, Valentin Gavrilov, and Leon Rotman. After him are Jörg Drehmel, Ilke Wyludda, Carl Johnson, Géza Csapó, Josef Holeček, and Frank Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Cornelius Warmerdam ranks 237. Before him are Anna Schwartz, Olavi Virta, Barnard Hughes, Billy Strayhorn, Norman Cousins, and Nicholas Metropolis. After him are Lester del Rey, Ramón Piñeiro López, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Richard Evans Schultes, Teoctist Arăpașu, and William Hopper. Among people deceased in 2001, Cornelius Warmerdam ranks 275. Before him are Harry Winter, Kurt Hoffmann, Boris Stenin, Zoltán Nemere, Mirvarid Dilbazi, and Trịnh Công Sơn. After him are Sachiko Hidari, Dale Earnhardt, Brenda Helser, Dipendra of Nepal, Lee Cronbach, and Pavel Sadyrin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cornelius Warmerdam ranks 8,945 out of 20,380. Before him are Carlos Bernard (1962), Bob Hite (1943), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Scott Gorham (1951), Sylvester Graham (1794), and Albert Salmi (1928). After him are Brittany Andrews (1973), Alessandro Nivola (1972), Yvonne Craig (1937), Lawrence Bender (1957), Henry Dreyfuss (1904), and Doc Rivers (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Cornelius Warmerdam ranks 280. Before him are William Fields (1929), Ronnie Ray Smith (1949), Bob Clotworthy (1931), Chris Dickerson (1939), James Fifer (1930), and Lawrence Shields (1895). After him are Carl Johnson (1898), Frederick Sheffield (1902), Barbara Ferrell (1947), Dexter Jackson (1969), Mary Carew (1913), and Nino (null).

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