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Jean Boiteux

1933 - 2010

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Jean Boiteux (20 June 1933 – 11 April 2010) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the 400 m event in 1952, breaking the Olympic record and becoming the first French swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. During his career he won 15 national titles and set 15 national and 10 European records in the 200 m, 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events. His mother Bienna Pélégry was also an Olympic swimmer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Jean Boiteux is the 1,587th most popular athlete (down from 1,552nd in 2024), the 4,917th most popular biography from France (up from 5,030th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jean Boiteux ranks 1,587 out of 6,025. Before him are Fred Tootell, Walter Middelberg, Ria Stalman, Leo Losert, Wiesław Rudkowski, and Aladár Kovácsi. After him are Dieter Schubert, Thomas Köhler, Klaus Siebert, Edera Cordiale, Wilhelmina von Bremen, and Erik Hartsuiker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jean Boiteux ranks 441. Before him are Frank Murkowski, Tim Conway, George J. Mitchell, Masae Kasai, Vincenzo Consolo, and Horst Faas. After him are Michael Parenti, Pete Wilson, Penelope Lively, Tony Jay, William Blum, and Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili. Among people deceased in 2010, Jean Boiteux ranks 362. Before him are Eduard Novák, Michele Giordano, James Gammon, Ilene Woods, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, and Aladár Kovácsi. After him are José Antonio Labordeta, Herb Ellis, Ferdinand Oyono, Johanna Dohnal, Jerzy Szmajdziński, and Ljupčo Jordanovski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Boiteux ranks 4,917 out of 6,770. Before him are Anthony Réveillère (1979), Charles Le Goffic (1863), Thierry Tusseau (1958), Alain Decaux (1925), Jean-Jacques Guissart (1927), and Sébastien Bourdais (1979). After him are Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau (1850), Pascal Hervé (1964), Bertrand Bonello (1968), Lucas Digne (1993), Yvon Le Roux (1960), and Roger Apéry (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Jean Boiteux ranks 96. Before him are Émile Wegelin (1875), Georges Gandil (1926), Maurice Schilles (1888), Marcel Lambert (1876), Henri Eberhardt (1913), and Jean-Jacques Guissart (1927). After him are Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1920), René Lorain (1900), Virginie Hériot (1890), Roger Gautier (1922), Marc Bouissou (1931), and Eddy Ottoz (1944).

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