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Gaston Mercier

1932 - 1974

Gaston Mercier

Gaston Antoine Mercier (5 June 1932 – 4 July 1974) was a French rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Paris in 1932 and rowed for Société d'Encouragement du Sport Nautique based in Nogent-sur-Marne. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, he was a crew member of the French boat that won the gold medal in the coxed pair event, with Raymond Salles and Bernard Malivoire as his team members. Four years later, he won the bronze medal with the French boat in the coxless four competition, teamed up with René Guissart, Yves Delacour, and Guy Guillabert. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Mercier is the 1,348th most popular athlete (down from 1,095th in 2019), the 4,768th most popular biography from France (up from 4,791st in 2019) and the 85th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gaston Mercier ranks 1,348 out of 6,025. Before him are Mutaz Essa Barshim, Marcel Van Crombrugge, Waldemar Tietgens, Jiří Havlis, William Thompson, and Jopie Selbach. After him are István Hevesi, Yordanka Blagoeva, Bill Carr, Sirkka Polkunen, Judi Brown Clarke, and Albert White.

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Mutaz Essa Barshim
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,342
Marcel Van Crombrugge
1880 - 1940
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,343
Waldemar Tietgens
1879 - 1917
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,344
Jiří Havlis
1932 - 2010
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,345
William Thompson
1908 - 1956
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,346
Jopie Selbach
1918 - 1998
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 1,347
Gaston Mercier
1932 - 1974
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 1,348
István Hevesi
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 1,349
Yordanka Blagoeva
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,350
Bill Carr
1909 - 1966
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,351
Sirkka Polkunen
1927 - 2014
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 1,352
Judi Brown Clarke
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 1,353
Albert White
1895 - 1982
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 1,354

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gaston Mercier ranks 413. Before him are Maya Kristalinskaya, Fazu Aliyeva, Jerzy Pawłowski, Oliver Nelson, Douglas McIlroy, and Jiří Havlis. After him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Guillaume Bieganski, Ivan Šantek, François Deguelt, Alain Jessua, and Pik Botha. Among people deceased in 1974, Gaston Mercier ranks 213. Before him are Frank Hussey, Nurul Amin, Paul Barth, Zeffiro Furiassi, Aldo Palazzeschi, and Otto Kruger. After him are Sergey Urusevsky, Angelo Zorzi, Eduard Kainberger, Robert Ellis, Théodore Nouwens, and Bobby Timmons.

Others Born in 1932

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Maya Kristalinskaya
SINGER
1932 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 407
Fazu Aliyeva
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 408
Jerzy Pawłowski
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2005
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 409
Oliver Nelson
MUSICIAN
1932 - 1975
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 410
Douglas McIlroy
MATHEMATICIAN
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 411
Jiří Havlis
ATHLETE
1932 - 2010
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 412
Gaston Mercier
ATHLETE
1932 - 1974
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 413
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1932 - 2017
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 414
Guillaume Bieganski
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 415
Ivan Šantek
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2015
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 416
François Deguelt
SINGER
1932 - 2014
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 417
Alain Jessua
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 2017
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 418
Pik Botha
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2018
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 419