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John Winter

1924 - 2007

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John Arthur "Jack" Winter (3 December 1924 – 5 December 2007) was an Australian high jumper who won that event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a jump of 1.98 metres (6 ft. 6 in.). A 23-year-old bank teller, Winter is Australia's only Olympic high jump gold medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Winter is the 516th most popular athlete (down from 375th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Australia (down from 141st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Winter ranks 516 out of 6,025. Before him are Gustaf Söderström, Leo Sexton, Yang Chuan-kwang, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Gustavo Marzi, and Armas Toivonen. After him are Xenia Stad-de Jong, Alexander Ragulin, Tamara Tyshkevich, Imre Polyák, Anatoly Alyabyev, and Kjell Bäckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, John Winter ranks 288. Before him are Pierre Sinibaldi, Vladimir Semichastny, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Yvonne Loriod, Alime Abdenanova, and Alphons Egli. After him are Michael Sela, José Lázaro Robles, Riccardo Cucciolla, Rune Larsson, Anthony Caro, and Ricardo Infante. Among people deceased in 2007, John Winter ranks 226. Before him are Stuart Rosenberg, Néstor Rossi, Veikko Karvonen, Ian Richardson, Jan Wolkers, and Yang Chuan-kwang. After him are Joachim Hansen, Helmut Senekowitsch, Georg Buschner, Mark St. John, Giuseppe Baldo, and Kurt Schmied.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Winter ranks 166 out of 1,143. Before him are Albert Namatjira (1902), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Mollison (1928), Mark Oliphant (1901), Norman Brookes (1877), and Tommy Emmanuel (1955). After him are Julian McMahon (1968), John Williams (1941), Bob Morley (1984), J. L. Mackie (1917), Bob Hawke (1929), and Paul England (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, John Winter ranks 10. Before him are Al Lawrence (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), Peter Norman (1942), George Parker (1896), Camila (null), and Gordon George Avery (1925). After him are William Jones (null), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Bill Bruce (1923), and Tony Madigan (1930).

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