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George Vernot

1901 - 1962

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George Edward Vernot (February 27, 1901 – November 22, 1962) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Vernot won a silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 400-metre event. He also competed in the 100-metre freestyle but placed third in his semifinal and did not advance. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, he was seventh in the 400-metre freestyle, and eighth in the 1500-metre freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Vernot is the 73rd most popular swimmer (up from 144th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Canada (up from 638th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, George Vernot ranks 73 out of 709. Before him are Nida Senff, Ferenc Csik, Géza Kiss, Ford Konno, Albina Osipowich, and Helen Johns. After him are Mike Burton, Sandy Neilson, Edgar Adams, Tini Wagner, Georg Zacharias, and Adelaide Lambert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, George Vernot ranks 241. Before him are Enrique Santos Discépolo, Paul Fritsch, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Norah Borges, Nora Gregor, and Ramón J. Sender. After him are Otto Kaiser, Gaston Waringhien, Jakub Berman, Rudolf Wetzer, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Suzanne Lilar. Among people deceased in 1962, George Vernot ranks 155. Before him are Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Fred Pentland, Purushottam Das Tandon, Miklós Szabados, Abdullah Goran, and Manolis Kalomiris. After him are Yvette Andréyor, Iuliu Baratky, Charles Rigoulot, Vadym Meller, Roque González Garza, and Knud Kristensen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Vernot ranks 376 out of 1,622. Before him are Emma Raducanu (2002), Anne Carson (1950), Guy Lafleur (1951), Carole Laure (1948), Ted Cruz (1970), and Laurence J. Peter (1919). After him are Peter Kirby (1931), Harry Watson (1898), Geddy Lee (1953), Shawn Levy (1968), Lance Kinsey (1954), and Albert W. Tucker (1905).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, George Vernot ranks 2. Before him are George Hodgson (1893). After him are Anne Ottenbrite (1966), Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Carolyn Waldo (1964), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Summer McIntosh (2006), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Brent Hayden (1983), Katerine Savard (1993), Penny Oleksiak (2000), and Ryan Cochrane (1988).

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