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Don Thompson

1933 - 2006

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Donald James Thompson MBE (20 January 1933 – 3 October 2006) was an English racewalker. He was the only British man to win a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 50 km walk. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships, also for the 50 km walk. Thompson was born in Hillingdon, London and taught maths at Southland's comprehensive school, New Romney, from the mid 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Thompson is the 129th most popular athlete (up from 609th in 2019), the 2,026th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,481st in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Don Thompson ranks 129 out of 6,025. Before her are Klaus Wolfermann, Ed Gordon, Henrik Sjöberg, Shizo Kanakuri, Esther Brand, and Eric Lemming. After her are Mihaela Peneș, Oscar Swahn, Robert Garrett, Karl Staaf, Ferenc Mohácsi, and Ralph Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Don Thompson ranks 169. Before her are Raffaele Farina, Michel Sabbah, Robert Shavlakadze, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Andrei Voznesensky, and Charlie Wilson. After her are Robert Blake, Titus Buberník, Emanuel Ungaro, Juanita Castro, Marcos Alonso, and Sabah Fakhri. Among people deceased in 2006, Don Thompson ranks 127. Before her are Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Jurij Brězan, Esther Lederberg, Alberto Spencer, Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, and Silva Kaputikyan. After her are Malcolm Arnold, Yuval Ne'eman, Valentín Paniagua, Asima Chatterjee, Igor Sergeyev, and Joe Rosenthal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Thompson ranks 2,026 out of 8,785. Before her are Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Alexander McQueen (1969), Alfred Fowler (1868), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), and Lindsay Duncan (1950). After her are W. Ross Ashby (1903), Mark Sykes (1879), John Taverner (1490), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Hannah (1962), and Mary Ward (1585).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Don Thompson ranks 10. Before her are Charles Bennett (1870), Mark Phillips (1948), Zara Tindall (1981), Ken Matthews (1934), David Jacobs (1888), and John Rimmer (1878). After her are George S. Robertson (1872), Thomas Hicks (1876), Sebastian Coe (1956), Roger Bannister (1929), Harold Abrahams (1899), and Bill Roberts (1912).

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