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Douglas Lowe

1902 - 1981

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Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (7 August 1902 – 30 March 1981) was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals in 1924 and 1928. On both occasions he set British 800-metres records of 1:52.4 and 1:51.8 respectively, the latter also being an Olympic record. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Lowe is the 2,183rd most popular athlete (up from 2,270th in 2019), the 5,506th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,676th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Douglas Lowe ranks 2,183 out of 6,025. Before him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Jan Peka, Rudolf Povarnitsyn, Pascal Tayot, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Thane Baker. After him are Herb Elliott, Evelin Kaufer, Heikki Ikola, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Nikolay Zimyatov, and Donovan Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Douglas Lowe ranks 323. Before him are Diógenes Domínguez, Rudolf Schoeller, George Murphy, Pietro Genovesi, Nora Swinburne, and Rab Butler. After him are Nikolai Ekk, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Walter Dietrich, Esther Ralston, Luis Lucchetti, and Frank Vaughn. Among people deceased in 1981, Douglas Lowe ranks 276. Before him are Alexey Okladnikov, Robert Russell Bennett, Zoltán Huszárik, Malcolm MacDonald, Boris Sagal, and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. After him are Yip Harburg, Margaret Lindsay, Louise Lorraine, Harry Chapin, Nikolai Tishchenko, and Ivan Udodov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Lowe ranks 5,508 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfie Allen (1986), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), David Thompson (1770), Harvey Barnes (1997), and George Lansbury (1859). After him are Dominic Howard (1977), Freema Agyeman (1979), Brian Stableford (1948), Ivor Broadis (1922), Tony Pulis (1958), and Hammond Innes (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Douglas Lowe ranks 90. Before him are Mary Peters (1939), George Hutson (1889), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Sandra Chick (1947), Mary Rand (1940), and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905). After him are Gerald Logan (1879), Steve Ovett (1955), Ann Packer (1942), Maureen Gardner (1928), Walter Chaffe (1870), and David Hemery (1944).

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