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Dorothy Brookshaw

1912 - 1962

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Dorothy Elizabeth Anne "Dot" Brookshaw (December 20, 1912 – September 3, 1962) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Canada in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Mildred Dolson, Hilda Cameron and Aileen Meagher. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Brookshaw is the 1,591st most popular athlete (up from 1,764th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Canada (up from 593rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 1,591 out of 6,025. Before her are Alberto Demiddi, Givi Kartozia, Gregor Hradetzky, Maximilian Raub, Akitsugu Konno, and Steve Hooker. After her are Carl Kaufmann, Alfred Lane, Helmut Hamann, Gunnar Höjer, Denis Oswald, and Romeo Rivers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 350. Before her are James Algar, Achmad Nawir, Václav Horák, Conlon Nancarrow, Cliff Bastin, and Bayard Rustin. After her are Helmut Hamann, Erwin Bauer, Erwin Strittmatter, George Mikes, Irena Kwiatkowska, and Madge Adam. Among people deceased in 1962, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 196. Before her are María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Georgina de Albuquerque, Fran Saleški Finžgar, Menen Asfaw, Walter Anderson, and Harmodio Arias Madrid. After her are Frank Hurley, Victor Sonnemans, Harlow Curtice, Gerrit Achterberg, Ron Flockhart, and Edy Reinalter.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 534 out of 1,622. Before her are Ross Taylor (1902), Lucile Wheeler (1935), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Jack Pickford (1896), Val Venis (1971), and Alice Eastwood (1859). After her are Emily VanCamp (1986), Romeo Rivers (1907), Dwight Lodeweges (1957), Ashleigh Ball (1983), Michel Chossudovsky (1946), and Jessalyn Gilsig (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 26. Before her are Jack Cameron (1900), John Emery (1932), Frank Fisher (1901), Hilda Strike (1910), Robert Benson (1894), and Ross Taylor (1902). After her are Romeo Rivers (1907), Edward Archibald (1884), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Frank Dixon (1878), Francisco Fernández (null), and Ernest Hamilton (1883).

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