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Irene Steer

1889 - 1977

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Irene Steer (10 August 1889 – 18 April 1977) was a Welsh freestyle swimmer. She is one of only six Welsh women who have won Olympic gold medals, the others being Nicole Cooke (cycling, 2008), Jade Jones (taekwondo, 2012, 2016), Hannah Mills (sailing 2016, 2020), Elinor Barker (cycling, 2016) and Lauren Price (boxing, 2020). In 1912, Steer won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and failed to reach the final of the individual 100 m race. Steer started as a breaststroke swimmer, but in 1908–1909 changed to crawl. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Steer is the 154th most popular swimmer (down from 95th in 2019), the 4,985th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,580th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Irene Steer ranks 154 out of 709. Before her are Sharon Stouder, Jim Montgomery, Eleanor Garatti, Josephine McKim, Nikolai Pankin, and Bob Skelton. After her are Hannelore Anke, Faith Leech, Felipe Muñoz, Elemér Szathmáry, Pieter van den Hoogenband, and Leslie Boardman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Irene Steer ranks 275. Before her are Alexander Patch, Paul Nash, Nikolai Aseev, Conrad Aiken, Giovanni Micheletto, and Minta Durfee. After her are Leslie Boardman, Harry Clarke, Jan Kok, Fanny Durack, Ray Collins, and Eugene Pallette. Among people deceased in 1977, Irene Steer ranks 243. Before her are Helen Ferguson, Rudolf Cvetko, Alexey Gribov, Richard Brauer, Bukka White, and Bob Skelton. After her are Ruth Moufang, Hans Pulver, Steve Gaines, Gersh Budker, Georges Grignard, and Adalbert Püllöck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Irene Steer ranks 4,986 out of 8,785. Before her are Clive Swift (1936), Katrin Cartlidge (1961), Colin Hay (1953), Dennis Wise (1966), Willie Applegarth (1890), and Iolo Morganwg (1747). After her are Basil Heatley (1933), Jeremy Spencer (1948), Iwan Rheon (1985), Kirsty MacColl (1959), David Cross (1949), and Elton Dean (1945).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Irene Steer ranks 8. Before her are John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Henry Taylor (1885), Murray Rose (1939), John Derbyshire (1878), Belle Moore (1894), and Jennie Fletcher (1890). After her are Lucy Morton (1898), Valerie Davies (1912), Annie Speirs (1889), Hilda James (1904), Judy Grinham (1939), and Anita Lonsbrough (1941).

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