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Doug Rogers

1941 - 2020

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Alfred Harold Douglas Rogers (January 26, 1941 – July 20, 2020) was a Canadian Olympic competitor in judo, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the sport. He was an honoured member in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. His best results were a silver medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and a gold medal at the Pan American Games, in 1967. He was a student of Masahiko Kimura. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doug Rogers is the 716th most popular athlete (up from 731st in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 374th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Doug Rogers ranks 716 out of 6,025. Before him are Marita Lange, Martin Sheridan, Eugène Balme, Henri Tauzin, Noboru Terada, and Pino Dordoni. After him are Géo André, Guy Butler, Frank Havens, Ivan Brown, Franco Faggi, and Henri Hérouin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Doug Rogers ranks 383. Before him are Anatoli Firsov, Jean Dockx, Ayşe Kulin, Domenico Losurdo, Natalia Bessmertnova, and Václav Mašek. After him are Jessica Walter, Anatoly Levchenko, Joan Wallach Scott, James Hansen, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, and Erkin Koray. Among people deceased in 2020, Doug Rogers ranks 417. Before him are Lê Khả Phiêu, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Mike Resnick, Saeb Erekat, and Vladimír Zábrodský. After him are Giuliana Minuzzo, Gudrun Pausewang, Lee Kerslake, John Baldessari, Sugathakumari, and Marlene Ahrens.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Doug Rogers ranks 363 out of 1,622. Before him are Émile Nelligan (1879), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Samuel Cunard (1787), Mary Pierce (1975), Harold Innis (1894), and Lothaire Bluteau (1957). After him are David Suzuki (1936), Sami Zayn (1984), Jason Gray-Stanford (1970), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Nia Vardalos (1962), and Georges Vézina (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Doug Rogers ranks 13. Before him are Douglas Bennett (1918), Walter Byron (1894), Earl Thomson (1895), Terry Fox (1958), Betty Taylor (1916), and Duncan McNaughton (1910). After him are Peter Kirby (1931), Harry Watson (1898), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), Viola Myers (1927), Donald Arnold (1935), and Kenneth Lane (1923).

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