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Gordon Pirie

1931 - 1991

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Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (10 February 1931 – 7 December 1991) was an English long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in the 5000 m in 1956, placing fourth in 1952. Born in Leeds, Pirie grew up in Coulsdon, Surrey, and ran for the South London Harriers. He died of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) in Lymington, Hampshire. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Pirie is the 1,691st most popular athlete (up from 1,735th in 2019), the 4,792nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,038th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gordon Pirie ranks 1,691 out of 6,025. Before her are Nina Dumbadze, Maria Golubnichaya, Gavino Matta, Dieter Grahn, Max Emmerich, and Antonio Siddi. After her are Johannes van Dijk, Anders Hylander, Miloslava Misáková, Virginie Hériot, Friedrich Maurer, and Juris Silovs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gordon Pirie ranks 512. Before her are Dan Rather, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Allan Jay, Galina Shamrai, Enrique Hormazábal, and Federico Edwards. After her are Billy Bingham, Marc Bouissou, Ann Rule, Gustav-Adolf Schur, Tomimaru Okuni, and Flora Nwapa. Among people deceased in 1991, Gordon Pirie ranks 233. Before her are Oreste Corbatta, Stan Mortensen, John Russell, Pat O'Callaghan, Forrest Towns, and Steve Clark. After her are Aline MacMahon, Ismat Chughtai, Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, József Pálinkás, and Carl Shy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 4,793 out of 8,785. Before her are Ian McLagan (1945), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), James Prinsep (1799), Topper Headon (1955), James Gibbs (1682), and Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320). After her are Joe Orton (1933), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), and Alan Sugar (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 63. Before her are John Fenning (1885), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Barbara Burke (1917), George Cornet (1877), Phyllis Johnson (1886), and Harold Whitlock (1903). After her are Heather Oakes (1959), Tom Richards (1910), George Goulding (1884), Audrey Williamson (1926), Michael Wheeler (1935), and John McNally (1932).

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