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Edwin Flack

1873 - 1935

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Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935) was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres running events. Following Flack's Olympic appearance, he did not compete in any major events again, opting to breed cattle and help his family's accounting firm. Flack died aged 61 following an operation, and was buried in his hometown of Berwick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Flack is the 310th most popular athlete (up from 397th in 2019), the 2,729th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,059th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edwin Flack ranks 310 out of 6,025. Before him are Carlo Agostoni, Ron Clarke, Eero Lehtonen, Georgios Orphanidis, Erik Almlöf, and Carlo Pavesi. After him are Ivanka Khristova, John Carlos, Ivan Patzaichin, Adolf Kainz, Émile Grumiaux, and Edward Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Edwin Flack ranks 113. Before him are Cesare Orsenigo, Henri Rabaud, Dámaso Berenguer, Leo Baeck, Prosper Bruggeman, and Ford Madox Ford. After him are Mariano Azuela, John Geiger, Leo Fall, Rudolf Charousek, Miklós Bánffy, and Michele Besso. Among people deceased in 1935, Edwin Flack ranks 89. Before him are Viggo Johansen, Zequinha de Abreu, Virginie Demont-Breton, Huey Long, Albert Ayat, and Dutch Schultz. After him are Sun Chuanfang, James Quibell, Hans Tropsch, Nie Er, Nina Grieg, and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Flack ranks 2,730 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Tandey (1891), Edmund Gwenn (1877), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Trevor Horn (1949), Richard Johnson (1927), and Adrian Boult (1889). After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Ian McDonald (1946), Anthony Asquith (1902), James Challis (1803), Ray Cooney (1932), and Thomas Blake Glover (1838).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Edwin Flack ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Hicks (1876), Sebastian Coe (1956), Roger Bannister (1929), Harold Abrahams (1899), Bill Roberts (1912), and Alfred Tysoe (1874). After him are John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Jean Pickering (1929), Wally Kinnear (1880), Ken McArthur (1881), Thelma Hopkins (1936), and Norman Read (1931).

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