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Jay O'Brien

1883 - 1940

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Jay James O'Brien (February 22, 1883 – April 5, 1940) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the four-man event at Lake Placid, New York, in 1932 and a silver in the five-man event at St. Moritz in 1928. At 48 years old, he was the oldest Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jay O'Brien is the 551st most popular athlete (up from 3,365th in 2019), the 6,156th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,969th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Athlete.

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Among athletes, Jay O'Brien ranks 551 out of 6,025. Before him are Émile Champion, Fred Alderman, Armas Taipale, Wyndham Halswelle, Ivan Gubijan, and Bruno Müller. After him are William Jones, Howard Valentine, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Eddie Owen, Marlies Göhr, and Ivo Van Damme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Jay O'Brien ranks 182. Before him are Theodor Loos, Émile Eddé, Olaf Bull, William J. Donovan, Enoch L. Johnson, and Jacques Ochs. After him are Raimu, Abel Bonnard, Franklin Clarence Mars, Tom Moore, Joachim Ringelnatz, and Abdul Muis. Among people deceased in 1940, Jay O'Brien ranks 128. Before him are Nikola Ivanov, Tom Mix, Ljubomir Davidović, Mato Kósyk, Kamal-ol-molk, and Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov. After him are Helmut Wick, Pierre Weiss, Pierre Marie, Phoebus Levene, Robert Emden, and Mary Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay O'Brien ranks 6,156 out of 20,380. Before him are L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Jerry Allison (1939), Edna Ferber (1885), Robert Urich (1946), Ralph Nelson (1916), and George Constantine (1918). After him are David Paich (1954), Felicia Farr (1932), Afeni Shakur (1947), Lauren Cohan (1982), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), and Howard Valentine (1881).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jay O'Brien ranks 130. Before him are Mildred McDaniel (1933), Leo Sexton (1909), William Gilmore (1895), Steve Anderson (1906), Eddie Hart (1949), and Fred Alderman (1905). After him are Howard Valentine (1881), Louis Clarke (1901), Louis Wilkins (1882), Herbert Jamison (1875), John Mulcahy (1876), and Frank Wykoff (1909).

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