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Jack Beresford

1899 - 1977

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Jack Beresford, CBE (1 January 1899 – 3 December 1977), born Jack Beresford-Wiszniewski, was a British rower who won five medals at five Olympic Games in succession. This record in Olympic rowing was not matched until 2000 when Sir Steve Redgrave won his sixth Olympic medal at his fifth Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Beresford is the 1,138th most popular athlete (down from 934th in 2019), the 4,180th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,050th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Beresford ranks 1,138 out of 6,025. Before him are Reinaldo Gorno, Virgil Jacomini, Giuseppe Galante, Jean-Guy Gautier, Muriel Freeman, and Ricardo Delgado. After him are Sven Fahlman, Ursula Donath, Annegret Richter, Khadr El-Touni, Charles King, and Halvard Hanevold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jack Beresford ranks 252. Before him are Gregory Breit, Jacques Audiberti, John Bodkin Adams, James Smith McDonnell, Renato Sáinz, and Virgil Jacomini. After him are Finn Ronne, Maurice Carême, Axel Bakunts, Pat O'Brien, Suryakant Tripathi, and Donald Johnston. Among people deceased in 1977, Jack Beresford ranks 216. Before him are Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Johann Nepomuk David, Oğuz Atay, Gérard Delbeke, Gummo Marx, and Ivo Radovniković. After him are Jorge Pardon, Philibert Smellinckx, Sergei Lemeshev, Giorgio La Pira, Ernő Nagy, and Tay Garnett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Beresford ranks 4,181 out of 8,785. Before him are Wilko Johnson (1947), Muriel Freeman (1897), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), A. E. Housman (1859), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), and Roy Wood (1946). After him are Lily James (1989), Granville Bantock (1868), Mary Moser (1744), Christopher Cazenove (1943), Bruno Heller (1960), and Mary Beard (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Jack Beresford ranks 46. Before him are Godfrey Rampling (1909), Gladys Davis (1893), Peter Kemp (1878), Jack Broughton (1703), Robert Kerr (1882), and Muriel Freeman (1897). After him are Queenie Newall (1854), Richard Gunn (1871), Richard Meade (1938), Tommy Green (1894), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), and Sonia Robertson (1947).

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