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Heather Oakes

1959 - Today

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Heather Regina Oakes (née Hunte born 14 August 1959) is a female English former sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the 4 × 100m relay, she won Olympic bronze medals in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. She also won a silver medal in the 60m at the 1985 World Indoor Games, and a gold medal in the 100m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Heather Oakes is the 1,675th most popular athlete (up from 4,517th in 2024), the 4,810th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,460th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heather Oakes ranks 1,675 out of 6,025. Before her are Juris Silovs, Roger Gautier, Ulf Sterner, Yoshinobu Miyake, Murray Halberg, and Herbert Gruber. After her are Lien Gisolf, Archibald MacKinnon, Tom Richards, Kęstutis Šapka, Marc Bouissou, and Jack Lovelock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Heather Oakes ranks 387. Before her are Holger Hieronymus, Richard Baawobr, Charles Scicluna, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Verdonk, and Beth Broderick. After her are Mats Näslund, Rick Carlisle, David Frankel, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, Toshio Masuda, and Erwin Olaf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Heather Oakes ranks 4,811 out of 8,785. Before her are Denis Lawson (1947), Jill Ellis (1966), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Eric Thompson (1919), Aneurin Bevan (1897), and Reggie Pridmore (1886). After her are Malcolm Sargent (1895), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Sophie Okonedo (1968), Tom Richards (1910), Margaret Scriven (1912), and Holly Johnson (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Heather Oakes ranks 63. Before her are Cecil Griffiths (1900), Barbara Burke (1917), George Cornet (1877), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Harold Whitlock (1903), and Gordon Pirie (1931). After her are Tom Richards (1910), George Goulding (1884), Audrey Williamson (1926), Michael Wheeler (1935), John McNally (1932), and Willie Applegarth (1890).

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