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James Fifer

1930 - 1986

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James Fifer (July 14, 1930 – June 7, 1986) was an American former competition rower and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in coxless pair with Duvall Hecht at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Fifer is the 1,409th most popular athlete (down from 1,290th in 2019), the 8,907th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,999th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, James Fifer ranks 1,409 out of 6,025. Before him are Chris Dickerson, Zoltán Nemere, Kurt Wires, Édouard Candeveau, László Jeney, and Rudolf Lippert. After him are Martin Lauer, Asafa Powell, Pietro Speciale, Erki Nool, Gustaf Lindblom, and Paul Van Asbroeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, James Fifer ranks 494. Before him are Darío Jara Saguier, Michel Deguy, Kenneth Frampton, José Luis Artetxe, Francesco Maselli, and Anthony Soter Fernandez. After him are Sachiko Hidari, Fatos Arapi, Pietro Citati, Henry Lincoln, José Guardiola, and Schafik Hándal. Among people deceased in 1986, James Fifer ranks 246. Before him are Jackson Scholz, Béla Szepes, Edwin Graves, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Arvid Thörn, and Enrique Tierno Galván. After him are Blanche Sweet, Robert Alda, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Snorri Hjartarson, John Braine, and Brian Aherne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Fifer ranks 8,909 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Dickerson (1939), Leila Denmark (1898), Ashley Tisdale (1985), Wayne Newton (1942), Bob Ehrlich (1957), and Joshua Chamberlain (1828). After him are Kat Dennings (1986), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Frank Shields (1909), Ricky Steamboat (1953), Jack Sholder (1945), and Stephen F. Cohen (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, James Fifer ranks 276. Before him are Bob Richards (1926), Loren Murchison (1898), William Fields (1929), Ronnie Ray Smith (1949), Bob Clotworthy (1931), and Chris Dickerson (1939). After him are Lawrence Shields (1895), Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Carl Johnson (1898), Frederick Sheffield (1902), Barbara Ferrell (1947), and Dexter Jackson (1969).

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