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Gordon George Avery

1925 - 2006

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Gordon George Avery, known as George Avery, (11 February 1925 – 22 September 2006) was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the men's triple jump event and competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gordon George Avery is the 431st most popular athlete (up from 1,828th in 2024), the 155th most popular biography from Australia (up from 354th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gordon George Avery ranks 431 out of 6,025. Before him are Hugo Lahtinen, Erik Adlerz, Peter Snell, Betty Taylor, Tinus Osendarp, and Ödön Földessy. After him are Olavi Mannonen, Ed Hamm, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, and Lyudmila Bragina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gordon George Avery ranks 266. Before him are Yogi Berra, Konrad Wolf, Otto Muehl, Ernst Neizvestny, Seymour Cray, and Henning Larsen. After him are Julian Beck, Shehu Shagari, Francesco Colasuonno, José Beyaert, Luis Cruz, and Toivo Hyytiäinen. Among people deceased in 2006, Gordon George Avery ranks 204. Before him are Said Mohamed Djohar, Max Merkel, Karl Hugo Strunz, John Profumo, Fritz Klein, and Elena Mukhina. After him are Anita O'Day, Chris Heunis, Robert Lockwood Jr., Al Lewis, Shigeru Kayano, and Fernando Romeo Lucas García.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gordon George Avery ranks 155 out of 1,143. Before him are Richard Roxburgh (1962), Tony Roche (1945), George Parker (1896), Alfred Deakin (1856), Ken McGregor (1929), and Arthur Benjamin (1893). After him are Ashley Cooper (1936), John Bromwich (1918), Albert Namatjira (1902), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Mollison (1928), and Mark Oliphant (1901).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Gordon George Avery ranks 7. Before him are Bobby Pearce (1905), Ron Clarke (1937), Al Lawrence (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), Peter Norman (1942), and George Parker (1896). After him are John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), and Bill Bruce (1923).

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