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John Thomas

1941 - 2013

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John Curtis Thomas (March 3, 1941 – January 15, 2013) was an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout award. At the age of 17, while a freshman at Boston University, Thomas became the first man to clear 7 feet (2.1 m) indoors. He subsequently pushed the world indoor record to 7 ft 1+1⁄2 in (2.172 m), and broke the world outdoor record three times, with a career best jump of 7 ft 3+3⁄4 in (2.229 m) in 1960, at the age of 19. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Thomas is the 1,091st most popular athlete (down from 466th in 2019), the 7,947th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,991st in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Thomas ranks 1,091 out of 6,025. Before her are Nicolae Neagoe, Annemarie Zimmermann, Arthur Barnard, Bill Nieder, Georgia Coleman, and Polydore Veirman. After her are Paul Van den Broeck, Václav Mottl, Bärbel Wöckel, Diana Yorgova, Jack Broughton, and Achille Paroche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, John Thomas ranks 465. Before her are Mario Trevi, Frans Verbeeck, Lester Bowie, Letícia Román, Stavros Dimas, and Nicolae Neagoe. After her are Vikki Carr, Juliet Mills, José Ufarte, Barbara Ehrenreich, Neil Aspinall, and Wolfgang Blochwitz. Among people deceased in 2013, John Thomas ranks 347. Before her are Kumar Pallana, Stefano Borgonovo, David R. Ellis, Ersilio Tonini, Bill Sharman, and Martí de Riquer i Morera. After her are György Gurics, Max Jakobson, Janet Rowley, Silvi Vrait, Santiago Santamaría, and Imants Ziedonis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Thomas ranks 7,949 out of 20,380. Before her are Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877), Maury Chaykin (1949), Miiko Taka (1925), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Albert Ammons (1907), and Amy Smart (1976). After her are Frank Lubin (1910), Vikki Carr (1941), Adam Maida (1930), Theodore Robinson (1852), Dolph Schayes (1928), and Virginia Grey (1917).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Thomas ranks 226. Before her are Guinn Smith (1920), Marcus Hurley (1883), Paul Anderson (1932), Arthur Barnard (1929), Bill Nieder (1933), and Georgia Coleman (1912). After her are Charlie Logg (1931), Daniel Frank (1882), Roy Cochran (1919), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Charles King (1880), and Hal Connolly (1931).

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