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Fanny Blankers-Koen

1918 - 2004

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Fanny Blankers-Koen

Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Fanny Blankers-Koen is the 49th most popular athlete (down from 11th in 2024), the 266th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 146th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Athlete.

Fanny Blankers-Koen is most famous for being the only woman to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games. She won the 100 meters, 200 meters, 80 meters hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay in the 1948 Olympics.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks 49 out of 6,025. Before her are Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, Arthur Blake, Irena Szewińska, John Woodruff, and Richard Sheldon. After her are Reggie Walker, Lasse Virén, Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, Yuriy Sedykh, and Patrick Ryan.

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Aladár Gerevich
1910 - 1991
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 43
Leonidas of Rhodes
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 44
Arthur Blake
1872 - 1944
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 45
Irena Szewińska
1946 - 2018
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 46
John Woodruff
1915 - 2007
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 47
Richard Sheldon
1878 - 1935
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 48
Fanny Blankers-Koen
1918 - 2004
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 49
Reggie Walker
1889 - 1951
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 50
Lasse Virén
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 51
Charles Bennett
1870 - 1950
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 52
Ville Ritola
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 53
Yuriy Sedykh
1955 - 2021
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 54
Patrick Ryan
1881 - 1964
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 55

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks 85. Before her are B. K. S. Iyengar, Gabriel Axel, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Richard Winters, Fernando Peyroteo, and Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria. After her are E. Howard Hunt, Cicely Saunders, Lucian Pulvermacher, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Philip José Farmer, and Thomas Gordon. Among people deceased in 2004, Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks 71. Before her are Johnny Ramone, Elmer Bernstein, Richard Avedon, Roque Máspoli, Nikolai Chernykh, and Boris Trajkovski. After her are Miki Matsubara, Marika Rökk, Lennart Bernadotte, Serge Reggiani, Thanom Kittikachorn, and Sacha Distel.

Others Born in 1918

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B. K. S. Iyengar
WRITER
1918 - 2014
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 79
Gabriel Axel
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 2014
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 80
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1990
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 81
Richard Winters
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 2011
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 82
Fernando Peyroteo
SOCCER PLAYER
1918 - 1978
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 83
Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1918 - 2007
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 84
Fanny Blankers-Koen
ATHLETE
1918 - 2004
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 85
E. Howard Hunt
WRITER
1918 - 2007
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 86
Cicely Saunders
PHYSICIAN
1918 - 2005
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 87
Lucian Pulvermacher
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1918 - 2009
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 88
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2017
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 89
Philip José Farmer
WRITER
1918 - 2009
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 90
Thomas Gordon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1918 - 2002
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 91