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Durward Knowles

1917 - 2018

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Sir Durward Randolph Knowles (2 November 1917 – 24 February 2018) was a sailor and Olympic champion from The Bahamas. He won the gold medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Cecil Cooke. He won the bronze medal in the same class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He had previously competed for the United Kingdom in the 1948 Olympics, finishing in 4th place in the Star class together with Sloane Elmo Farrington. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Durward Knowles is the 420th most popular athlete (up from 688th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from The Bahamas (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Bahamian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Durward Knowles ranks 420 out of 6,025. Before him are Julius Skutnabb, Imre Harangi, Edward Gardère, Tatyana Kazankina, Victor Willems, and Johnny Hayes. After him are Lee Haney, Bernd Kannenberg, José Villanueva, Pat McCormick, Forrest Smithson, and Henri Hazebrouck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Durward Knowles ranks 188. Before him are William P. Gottlieb, Otto Glória, Domenico Bartolucci, Yuri Lyubimov, Franceska Mann, and Robert Manzon. After him are Joshua Nkomo, Simon Slåttvik, Vasiľ Biľak, R. G. Armstrong, Fadwa Tuqan, and Fidel Sánchez Hernández. Among people deceased in 2018, Durward Knowles ranks 238. Before him are Barbara Harris, Eunice Gayson, Cecil Taylor, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Joseph Joffo, and Peter Mayle. After him are Anneke Grönloh, Rolf Hoppe, Thomas S. Monson, Gianfranco Parolini, Jennifer Welles, and Frank Carlucci.

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In The Bahamas

Among people born in The Bahamas, Durward Knowles ranks 2 out of 31. Before him are Philip Davis (1951). After him are Perry Christie (1943), Sebastian Bach (1968), Hubert Minnis (1954), Calvin Lockhart (1934), Chris Brown (1978), Kimbo Slice (1974), Lynden Pindling (1930), Arthur Foulkes (1928), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (1994), and Deandre Ayton (1998).

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Among ATHLETES In The Bahamas

Among athletes born in The Bahamas, Durward Knowles ranks 1. After him are Chris Brown (1978), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (1994), Donald Thomas (1984), Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (1976), Chandra Sturrup (1971), Troy Kemp (1966), Pauline Davis-Thompson (1966), Tonique Williams-Darling (1976), Avard Moncur (1978), Alonzo Russell (1992), and Savatheda Fynes (1974).

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