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George Rhoden

1926 - 2024

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George Vincent Rhoden (13 December 1926 – 24 August 2024) was a Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952. Rhoden was born in Kingston on 13 December 1926. He later moved to San Francisco, California, and was one of the successful long sprinters from Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal, being eliminated in the heats of the 100 m and the semi-final of the 400 m. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Rhoden is the 215th most popular athlete (up from 521st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Rhoden ranks 215 out of 6,025. Before him are Edwin Moses, Imre Földi, Henri Helle, Luigi Beccali, Ewa Kłobukowska, and Tilly Fleischer. After him are Berit Mørdre, Gunnar Höckert, Gaston Roelants, Imre Németh, Klas Lestander, and Samuel Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, George Rhoden ranks 193. Before him are Mieczysław Rakowski, Alfred Körner, Sonja Ziemann, Judith Malina, Ivica Horvat, and Ingrid Haebler. After him are Wolfgang Iser, Michael Bond, Georges Lautner, Klaus Tennstedt, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó. Among people deceased in 2024, George Rhoden ranks 202. Before him are Annelie Ehrhardt, Dabney Coleman, Aribert Reimann, Josip Manolić, Rebecca Horn, and Mahieddine Khalef. After him are Akira Endo, Carl Andre, Bernard Chiarelli, Daniel Williams, Dallas Long, and Saleh al-Arouri.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, George Rhoden ranks 19 out of 189. Before him are Stuart Hall (1932), Liz Mitchell (1952), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Trevor Berbick (1954), Madge Sinclair (1938), and Millie Small (1947). After him are Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), Merlene Ottey (1960), Stephen Hopkins (1958), and Shaggy (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, George Rhoden ranks 3. Before him are Ben Johnson (1961), and Usain Bolt (1986). After him are George Kerr (1937), Merlene Ottey (1960), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Carol (null), Lennox Miller (1946), Don Quarrie (1951), Elaine Thompson (1992), Asafa Powell (1982), and Arthur Wint (1920).

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