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John Rimmer

1878 - 1962

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John Thomas Rimmer (27 April 1878 – 6 June 1962) was a British athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rimmer won the AAA Championships in 4 miles (6.4 km) at the 1900 AAA Championships. He was born in Birkdale, Merseyside. With two, he jointly held the record for the most Olympic titles in athletics by a British athlete. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Rimmer is the 117th most popular athlete (up from 1,190th in 2019), the 1,976th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,363rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Rimmer ranks 117 out of 6,025. Before him are Pyotr Bolotnikov, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Joe Rantz, Frank Zane, Rudolf Bauer, and Fred Newhouse. After him are Robert Shavlakadze, Larry Scott, Li Hong, Ed Ablowich, William Porter, and Klaus Wolfermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, John Rimmer ranks 94. Before him are Anton Hansen Tammsaare, C. Rajagopalachari, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Horacio Quiroga, José Miaja, and Walther Ritz. After him are Jorge Ubico, Wallace Hartley, Mirra Alfassa, Maxie Long, Stamen Grigorov, and Michel Théato. Among people deceased in 1962, John Rimmer ranks 77. Before him are Richard Aldington, Enrico Mattei, Kirsten Flagstad, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Louis Massignon, and Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. After him are Milan Vidmar, Michel de Ghelderode, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Ahmad bin Yahya, and Max Fabiani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rimmer ranks 1,976 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Mendes (1965), Matt Ridley (1958), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), William Paley (1743), and Tom Conti (1941). After him are Kate Moss (1974), Sam Smith (1992), Peter Barlow (1776), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), and Orderic Vitalis (1075).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, John Rimmer ranks 9. Before him are Jonathan Edwards (1966), Charles Bennett (1870), Mark Phillips (1948), Zara Tindall (1981), Ken Matthews (1934), and David Jacobs (1888). After him are Don Thompson (1933), George S. Robertson (1872), Thomas Hicks (1876), Sebastian Coe (1956), Roger Bannister (1929), and Harold Abrahams (1899).

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