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Earle Meadows

1913 - 1992

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Earle Elmer Meadows (June 29, 1913 – November 11, 1992) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia. Meadows had a long rivalry with Bill Sefton, his teammate from the University of Southern California. They shared the AAU title in 1935 and the NCAA title in 1935 and 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Earle Meadows is the 192nd most popular athlete (up from 388th in 2019), the 3,985th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,507th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Earle Meadows ranks 192 out of 6,025. Before her are Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, Eugène Mougin, Walter Tewksbury, Jim Hines, and Volmari Iso-Hollo. After her are Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, Stefka Kostadinova, and Pietro Mennea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Earle Meadows ranks 149. Before her are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Alfonso López Michelsen, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Nicolas Grunitzky, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Renato Castellani. After her are Alexander Kotov, Gig Young, Elisaveta Bykova, Hajo Herrmann, Charles Berlitz, and Stefan Heym. Among people deceased in 1992, Earle Meadows ranks 116. Before her are František Tomášek, Franco Cristaldi, Lenny Montana, Gaston Reiff, Jeff Porcaro, and Lusine Zakaryan. After her are László Benedek, Yang Kyoungjong, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Giovanni Colombo, Mihailo Lalić, and Angela Carter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earle Meadows ranks 3,985 out of 20,380. Before her are Alexandra Ripley (1934), Sun Ra (1914), Eddie Guerrero (1967), Stephen Sondheim (1930), William Clothier (1881), and Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908). After her are Dan Sullivan (1964), Edward MacDowell (1860), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), Ben Hecht (1893), Budd Schulberg (1914), and Jackie Stallone (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Earle Meadows ranks 56. Before her are John Anderson (1907), Barbara Jones (1937), Jim Bausch (1906), Irving Baxter (1876), Walter Tewksbury (1876), and Jim Hines (1946). After her are John Powell (1947), Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), Samuel Jones (1880), William Stevenson (1900), and Parry O'Brien (1932).

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