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Jim Lightbody

1882 - 1953

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James Davies Lightbody (March 16, 1882 – March 2, 1953) was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals (two of which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee following its downgrading of the 1906 Intercalated Games) in the early 20th century. Lightbody, born in Pittsburgh and graduating from Central High School in Muncie, Indiana, had great success at the 1904 Summer Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He was not favoured in any of the three individual events in which he competed, but nevertheless won all three of them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Lightbody is the 60th most popular athlete (up from 407th in 2019), the 2,583rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,718th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Lightbody ranks 60 out of 6,025. Before him are Yuriy Sedykh, Patrick Ryan, Alajos Szokolyi, Hubert Van Innis, Marina Doria, and Zoltán Horváth. After him are Ibolya Csák, Frederick Schule, Vasily Alekseyev, John Walker, Fritz Hofmann, and Glenn Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jim Lightbody ranks 91. Before him are Max Decugis, Kimon Georgiev, Husband E. Kimmel, Eduard Spranger, Germaine Dulac, and Princess Louise of Orléans. After him are John Barrymore, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Harold Lowe, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, David Burliuk, and Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1953, Jim Lightbody ranks 55. Before him are Mary Anderson, Nobutake Kondō, Hank Williams, Sergei Winogradsky, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Jacques Thibaud. After him are Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Sergey Belyavsky, Elsa Beskow, Albert Gleizes, and Julian Tuwim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Lightbody ranks 2,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Dow (1851), Will Eisner (1917), Anne Archer (1947), Jackie Jackson (1951), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Timothy D. Snyder (1969). After him are Edward T. Hall (1914), Ethel Barrymore (1879), Ub Iwerks (1901), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Maggie Hassan (1958), and Michael Rosbash (1944).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Lightbody ranks 23. Before him are Greg Bell (1930), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), John Woodruff (1915), and Richard Sheldon (1878). After him are Frederick Schule (1879), Glenn Davis (1934), Charles Moore (1929), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Jack Shea (1910), and Charles Greene (1945).

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