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DeHart Hubbard

1903 - 1976

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William DeHart Hubbard (November 25, 1903 – June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete and the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. He also competed in the 1924 Olympics as a triple jumper. The next year, he set a world record in the long jump, with a leap of 25 feet 10+7⁄8 inches (7.90 m) at Chicago in June 1925, and equaled the world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio, a year later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. DeHart Hubbard is the 1,871st most popular athlete (up from 2,046th in 2019), the 10,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,369th in 2019) and the 339th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, DeHart Hubbard ranks 1,871 out of 6,025. Before him are Matthias Behr, Ghada Shouaa, Lennart Magnusson, John Hansen, Günther Haase, and Erik Svensson. After him are Romolo Catasta, Erwin Keller, Roman Šebrle, Josef Augusta, Bjørn Paulson, and Iryna Yatchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, DeHart Hubbard ranks 335. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge, Bob Skelton, Willi Multhaup, Una Merkel, John Heysham Gibbon, and Erik Svensson. After him are Eric A. Havelock, Jaipal Singh Munda, Mikhail Svetlov, George E. Stone, Mike Mansfield, and Vera Stroyeva. Among people deceased in 1976, DeHart Hubbard ranks 257. Before him are Andrei Fayt, Walter Janssen, Carlo Mattrel, Lucie Mannheim, Justin McCarthy, and Alfredo Pitto. After him are Richard Arlen, Miriam Cooper, Piero Scotti, Joe Fulks, Vasile Chiroiu, and Nils Middelboe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 10,380 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Godwin (1956), David M. Walker (1944), Aaron Neville (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), Jenny Slate (1982), and Chace Crawford (1985). After him are Robert Lighthizer (1947), Darren McGavin (1922), Len Wiseman (1973), Tim Kaine (1958), Anita Louise (1915), and Shari Arison (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 339. Before him are Ron Freeman (1947), Josiah McCracken (1874), Calvin Smith (1961), James Corson (1906), Norman Taber (1891), and Tommy Kono (1930). After him are Gilbert Colgate (1899), Marilee Stepan (1935), Willard Rice (1895), Steve Prefontaine (1951), August Rodenberg (1873), and Charles Thias (1879).

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