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Diane Foster

1928 - 1999

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Patricia Diane Foster (3 March 1928 – 4 January 1999) was a Canadian track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Foster was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She competed for Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay with her teammates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Patricia Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diane Foster is the 3,153rd most popular athlete (down from 2,048th in 2019), the 941st most popular biography from Canada (down from 657th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Diane Foster ranks 3,153 out of 6,025Before her are Simon Yates, Carmelita Jeter, Richmond Landon, Walter Davis, Nikolay Antonov, and Reese Hoffa. After her are Vivian Cheruiyot, Luis Álvarez, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Ramona Portwich, Ali Eid, and Nikolay Pimenov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Diane Foster ranks 597Before her are Arthur Dion Hanna, Salvador Laurel, Donald Henderson, Dolphy, J. Hillis Miller, and Jimmy Hill. After her are John Ingle, Chris Brasher, Slade Gorton, and John Disley. Among people deceased in 1999, Diane Foster ranks 328Before her are Tomoo Kudaka, Payne Stewart, Rex Allen, Bobby Troup, Ella Mae Morse, and Indrani Rahman. After her are Gonzalo Rodríguez, John Chafee, Peggy Cass, Jill Dando, Greg Moore, and Vikram Batra.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Diane Foster ranks 942 out of 1,622Before her are Andrea Roth (1967), Dale Frail (1961), Harry Sinden (1932), Pierre Bouvier (1979), Amanda Marshall (1972), and Isabelle Boulay (1972). After her are Tyler Breeze (1988), Manjul Bhargava (1974), Jodelle Ferland (1994), Rossif Sutherland (1978), Chris Bumstead (1995), and Mike Smith (1982).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Diane Foster ranks 62Before her are Harry Jerome (1940), Dean Crawford (1958), Lynn Williams (null), Tommy Gorman (1886), Aaron Brown (1992), and Dave Trottier (1906). After her are Chris Bumstead (1995), Mike Smith (1982), Dick Pound (1942), Theoren Fleury (1968), Lesley Thompson (1959), and Eric Lamaze (1968).