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Hilda Strike

1910 - 1989

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Hilda Gwendolyn Strike (later Sisson, September 1, 1910 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa. Competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre relay and a silver medal in the 100 metre losing to Stanisława Walasiewicz. At the end of the year, she was named Canada's outstanding female athlete of the year by The Canadian Press. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilda Strike is the 1,431st most popular athlete (up from 1,606th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Canada (up from 575th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hilda Strike ranks 1,431 out of 6,025. Before her are Jörg Drehmel, Ilke Wyludda, Carl Johnson, Géza Csapó, Josef Holeček, and Frank Fisher. After her are John Fenning, Dave Power, Salvatore Morale, Leonid Taranenko, Raphaël Poirée, and Viktor Mamatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Hilda Strike ranks 341. Before her are So Yamamura, Guy Mairesse, Kurt Hoffmann, Mohamed Amin Didi, Aleks Buda, and József Várszegi. After her are Edmundo Ros, Erik Ode, Alois Schnabel, Alexandru Cuedan, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, and Károly Takács. Among people deceased in 1989, Hilda Strike ranks 253. Before her are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, John Ogdon, Franco Luambo, Erik Almgren, Édouard Candeveau, and George Coulouris. After her are Richard Rado, Fred Agabashian, C. L. R. James, Scott O'Dell, Bas Paauwe, and Pua Kealoha.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Hilda Strike ranks 514 out of 1,622. Before her are Gus Dillon (1881), John Howe (1957), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Paul Grégoire (1911), and Frank Fisher (1901). After her are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), David Reimer (1965), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Robert Benson (1894), Chris Taylor (1950), and Robert J. Sawyer (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Hilda Strike ranks 22. Before her are Viola Myers (1927), Donald Arnold (1935), Kenneth Lane (1923), Jack Cameron (1900), John Emery (1932), and Frank Fisher (1901). After her are Robert Benson (1894), Ross Taylor (1902), Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), Romeo Rivers (1907), Edward Archibald (1884), and Archibald MacKinnon (1937).

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