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Guinn Smith

1920 - 2004

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Owen Guinn Smith (May 2, 1920 – January 20, 2004) was an American athlete, the 1948 Olympic champion in the pole vault. Born in McKinney, Texas, Smith moved to California when he was a child. He was originally a high jumper, but UC Berkeley, the university he wanted to attend, already had a strong high jumping team, so he took up pole vaulting. He won the NCAA championships in 1941, the year before he graduated as a history major. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guinn Smith is the 1,043rd most popular athlete (up from 1,191st in 2019), the 7,858th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,702nd in 2019) and the 218th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Guinn Smith ranks 1,043 out of 6,025. Before him are Edwin Vásquez, Eero Berg, Léon Moreaux, Frankie Fredericks, Henry Petersen, and Gaston Aumoitte. After him are Jim Wedderburn, Marie-José Pérec, Peter Kemp, Willi Eichhorn, Irina Privalova, and Marcus Hurley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Guinn Smith ranks 339. Before him are Mario Cecchi Gori, Alfonso Thiele, Tatyana Makarova, Robert Lamoureux, Alberto Crespo, and Eric Sturgess. After him are Julian Jaynes, Thomas Sebeok, Josef Doležal, Olle Åhlund, Kamisese Mara, and Ragnhild Hveger. Among people deceased in 2004, Guinn Smith ranks 244. Before him are Marcelo González Martín, Richard Dembo, Fred Ramdat Misier, Mochtar Lubis, Joan Aiken, and Eric Sturgess. After him are Heinrich Mark, Jan Sterling, José Omar Pastoriza, O. W. Fischer, Virginia Grey, and Kamisese Mara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guinn Smith ranks 7,860 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Perry (1955), Dylan Walsh (1963), Kay Ivey (1944), Devon Aoki (1982), Chris Stein (1950), and Arthur Golden (1956). After him are Imran Khan (1983), Alan Rachins (1942), Heather O'Rourke (1975), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), Barbara Hammer (1939), and Jacob L. Devers (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Guinn Smith ranks 218. Before him are Karl Warner (1908), Richard Murphy (1931), William Varley (1880), Burton Jastram (1910), Michael Marsh (1967), and George Finnegan (1881). After him are Marcus Hurley (1883), Paul Anderson (1932), Arthur Barnard (1929), Bill Nieder (1933), Georgia Coleman (1912), and John Thomas (1941).

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