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Dorothy Manley

1927 - 2021

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Dorothy Gladys Manley (later Hall, then Parlett; 29 April 1927 – 31 October 2021) was a British sprinter. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, in the 100 metres where she won the silver medal with a time of 12.2 seconds. She was the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint medal. She was also a medallist in the 1950 British Empire Games, and the 1950 European Athletics Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Manley is the 1,399th most popular athlete (up from 1,503rd in 2019), the 4,465th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,769th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Manley ranks 1,399 out of 6,025. Before her are Pierre Trentin, Erik Abrahamsson, Kenneth Lane, Johan Edman, Sulo Nurmela, and Kálmán Markovits. After her are Harry Blackstaffe, Hermann Hansen, Dieter Kottysch, Håkan Malmrot, Bertalan Papp, and Päivi Meriluoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dorothy Manley ranks 379. Before her are Sirkka Polkunen, Bill Daily, Ermes Muccinelli, Frank Sedgman, McLean Stevenson, and David Dinkins. After her are Heini Walter, Nancy Dupree, Gerard Cieślik, Gábor Benedek, Vince Boryla, and Willy De Clercq. Among people deceased in 2021, Dorothy Manley ranks 498. Before her are Gerry Ashmore, Lubomir Kavalek, Peter Del Monte, Shankha Ghosh, Evgeny Sveshnikov, and Andrzej Zieliński. After her are Marco Maciel, Bonfoh Abass, Gabriel Núñez, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Monte Hellman, and Vladimir Kiselyov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Manley ranks 4,466 out of 8,785. Before her are Ian Botham (1955), Andrew Wakefield (1957), Anthony Harvey (1930), Kate O'Mara (1939), Charlotte Lewis (1967), and George Chapman (1559). After her are Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Vivian Campbell (1962), David Weir (1970), Peter Arundell (1933), Francis Willughby (1635), and Oliver Leese (1894).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Manley ranks 55. Before her are Richard Meade (1938), Tommy Green (1894), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), Sonia Robertson (1947), Sidney Robinson (1876), and William Henry Dean (1887). After her are Harry Blackstaffe (1868), John Fenning (1885), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Barbara Burke (1917), George Cornet (1877), and Phyllis Johnson (1886).

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