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Eva Dawes

1912 - 2009

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Eva Dawes (later Spinks, September 17, 1912 – May 30, 2009) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Toronto. She competed for Canada in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the high jump where she won the bronze medal. She also qualified for both the 1928 Summer Olympics but was, at 15, too young to go, and the 1936 Summer Olympics which she chose to boycott because they were held in Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eva Dawes is the 1,793rd most popular athlete (up from 1,800th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 613th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eva Dawes ranks 1,793 out of 6,025. Before her are Tyson Gay, Meinhard Nehmer, Pierre Blondiaux, Reinhold Durnthaler, Harald Hein, and Kalle Jalkanen. After her are Humberto Mariles, Józef Zapędzki, Tom Price, Darya Domracheva, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, and Tamara Bykova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Eva Dawes ranks 370. Before her are Otto Licha, Josef Streb, Anna J. Harrison, Carl Raddatz, Dorothy Janis, and David Raksin. After her are József Pálinkás, Machito, George Woodcock, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Erich Schmitt, and Joan Hartigan. Among people deceased in 2009, Eva Dawes ranks 340. Before her are Arturo Gatti, Zena Marshall, Kristina Brenk, Lou Albano, Chris Connor, and Dave Arneson. After her are Gino Munaron, Ernst Benda, Ricardo Londoño, Rashidi Kawawa, Vladimir Fedotov, and Dana Vávrová.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eva Dawes ranks 582 out of 1,622. Before her are Toller Cranston (1949), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), Norm Macdonald (1959), Gordon Tootoosis (1941), and Aimee Semple McPherson (1890). After her are Ivan Koloff (1942), Dorothy Stratten (1960), Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Jack Layton (1950), and Mac DeMarco (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Eva Dawes ranks 33. Before her are Edward Archibald (1884), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Frank Dixon (1878), Francisco Fernández (null), Ernest Hamilton (1883), and Mary Frizzell (1913). After her are Harold McMunn (1902), Cyril Slater (1896), Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), and George Cloutier (1876).

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