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Ethel Smith

1907 - 1979

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Ethel May Smith (July 5, 1907 – December 31, 1979) was a sprinter from Canada who won two medals at the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics: a bronze medal in the 100 m, and a gold team medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. Smith was born into a poor family and quit school in the eighth grade to work at the Toronto's Garment District. She won the 220 yards at the national championships in 1927 and the 60 yards at the Ontario Championships in 1929. The same year she retired from competitions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ethel Smith is the 168th most popular athlete (up from 239th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Canada (up from 208th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ethel Smith ranks 168 out of 6,025Before her are Ilmari Salminen, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Nándor Dáni, Vera Krepkina, Karl Röderer, and Thomas Hicks. After her are Joseph Guillemot, Jim Bausch, Lia Manoliu, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Giuseppe Moioli, and Saïd Aouita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ethel Smith ranks 142Before her are Bruno Munari, John Anderson, Bo Gu, Max Pauly, Yves Allégret, and Rudolf Peierls. After her are Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Sergei Kruglov, Violette Leduc, Parvin E'tesami, and Varian Fry. Among people deceased in 1979, Ethel Smith ranks 98Before her are Katharine Burr Blodgett, Morteza Motahhari, Léonide Massine, José Della Torre, Gio Ponti, and Vagif Mustafazadeh. After her are Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Ján Kadár, José María Velasco Ibarra, Merle Oberon, and Antun Augustinčić.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ethel Smith ranks 178 out of 1,622Before her are David Foster (1949), Sid Meier (1954), Norman L. Bowen (1887), James Gosling (1955), Joanna Shimkus (1943), and Robert D. Hare (1934). After her are William B. Davis (1938), Lorne Greene (1915), Nelly Furtado (1978), Christian Cage (1973), Brian Kernighan (1942), and Evangeline Lilly (1979).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Ethel Smith ranks 4Before her are Percy Williams (1908), Julia (null), and Jane Bell (1910). After her are Alex Wilson (1905), David Hall (1875), Douglas Bennett (1918), Walter Byron (1894), Earl Thomson (1895), Terry Fox (1958), Betty Taylor (1916), and Duncan McNaughton (1910).