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Jeff Farrell

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Felix Jeffrey Farrell (born February 18, 1937) is a Hall of Fame American former competition swimmer, and a 1960 two-time Olympic gold medalist, where he became a world record-holder in two relay events. After the Olympics, he worked as a swim coach abroad, and in the 1980s returned to America, living in Santa Barbara, where he worked in real estate. While training with Santa Barbara Masters, he would break numerous world and national age group records as a Masters competitor between 1981 and 2011. By 1947, at 10, Jeff swam regularly at the Wichita Country Club, and was competing as a Junior by age 12. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Farrell is the 60th most popular swimmer (up from 252nd in 2019), the 6,499th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,012th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jeff Farrell ranks 60 out of 709. Before him are Margaret Woodbridge, Gérard Blitz, Greta Andersen, Helene Madison, Hilde Schrader, and Clarke Scholes. After him are Emil Rausch, Åke Borg, David Hammond, Marie Braun, Imre Zachár, and Cathy Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jeff Farrell ranks 333. Before him are Francis George, Andrei Bitov, Nadia Gamal, Zhang Jie, Richard Petty, and Miguel Trovoada. After him are Pedro Casado, Ali Soilih, Bob Schul, José Sacristán, Peter Fleischmann, and Lenny Wilkens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Farrell ranks 6,500 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Tomasello (1950), Brad Harris (1933), Eddie Adams (1933), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Childe Hassam (1859), and Vinnie Colaiuta (1956). After him are Clark Terry (1920), Lola Albright (1924), Trent Reznor (1965), Susan Anspach (1942), Michael Cohen (1966), and Mary Lambert (1951).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Jeff Farrell ranks 27. Before him are Charles Daniels (1885), Steve Clark (1943), Kathy Ellis (1946), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Helene Madison (1913), and Clarke Scholes (1930). After him are David Hammond (1881), Cathy Carr (1954), Ford Konno (1933), Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), and Sandy Neilson (1956).

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