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James Juvenal

1874 - 1942

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James Benner Juvenal (January 12, 1874 – September 1, 1942) was an American rower, born in Philadelphia, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Juvenal began rowing when he was 19 years old and won his first race in 1893. He won the Middle States regatta in Scranton, Pennsylvania rowing in an aluminum shell which was reportedly the first time this type of boat was used in competition. In 1900, he was part of the American boat from the Vesper Boat Club, which won the gold medal in the men's eight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Juvenal is the 589th most popular athlete (up from 722nd in 2019), the 6,265th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,012th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Athlete.

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Among athletes, James Juvenal ranks 589 out of 6,025Before him are Paavo Johansson, Marc Wright, Teodor Koskenniemi, Ioannis Persakis, Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing, and Galina Bystrova. After him are Frederick Lorz, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Ingrid Gulbin, Roger Beaufrand, Don Bragg, and Oreste Puliti.

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Among people born in 1874, James Juvenal ranks 164Before him are Fejzi Alizoti, Nasrullah Khan, Iraj Mirza, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Billy Meredith, and Juan Bautista Sacasa. After him are Bunzō Hayata, Sténio Vincent, Carl Størmer, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Johannes Baumann, and Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński. Among people deceased in 1942, James Juvenal ranks 180Before him are Alexandre Volkoff, Sergey Chaplygin, Romà Forns, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, John Mulcahy, and Jerzy Różycki. After him are Oleg Losev, Ivan Horbachevsky, Hugo Distler, Roberto María Ortiz, Ludwig Aschoff, and Refik Saydam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Juvenal ranks 6,266 out of 20,380Before him are Richard Burgi (1958), Tom Noonan (1951), John Wesley Powell (1834), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), and Chuck Connors (1921). After him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), Frederick Lorz (1884), Glen A. Larson (1937), Joe Henderson (1937), Harry Hamlin (1951), and Chris Farley (1964).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, James Juvenal ranks 138Before him are Louis Clarke (1901), Louis Wilkins (1882), Herbert Jamison (1875), John Mulcahy (1876), Frank Wykoff (1909), and Marc Wright (1890). After him are Frederick Lorz (1884), Don Bragg (1935), Mel Patton (1924), Caroline Smith (1906), David Curtiss Munson (1884), and Alice Coachman (1923).