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Larry Nassar

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Lawrence Gerard Nassar (born August 16, 1963) is an American former family medicine osteopathic physician and convicted sex offender. He was the team doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team from 1996 to 2014, where he used his position to exploit and sexually assault hundreds of young athletes as part of the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history. In 1997, Nassar became a team physician at Michigan State University and multiple student athletes reported his inappropriate behavior. In 2016, Nassar was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting at least 265 young women and girls over a 22-year period under the guise of medical treatment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Larry Nassar is the 172nd most popular gymnast (down from 151st in 2024), the 13,470th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,818th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Larry Nassar ranks 172 out of 370. Before him are Stoyan Deltchev, Eduard Azaryan, Tatiana Gutsu, Vladimir Artemov, Svetlana Boginskaya, and Vlasta Děkanová. After him are Gabriel Thorstensen, Aly Raisman, Anna Bessonova, Mariana Constantin, Li Donghua, and Valeri Liukin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Larry Nassar ranks 695. Before him are Józef Wandzik, Mikhail Mamiashvili, Jsu Garcia, Raimond van der Gouw, Tudor Casapu, and Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani. After him are Diana Gansky, Seyran Ateş, Khalida Jarrar, Ed Lu, Luis Carlos Perea, and Ai Orikasa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Nassar ranks 13,474 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles R. Drew (1904), James Weldon Johnson (1871), Sherri Howard (1962), Ned Rorem (1923), Josh Groban (1981), and Helen Mack (1913). After him are Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867), Tim Hardaway Jr. (1992), Matt Salinger (1960), Robert J. Cenker (1948), N. K. Jemisin (1972), and Kitty O'Neil (1946).

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Among GYMNASTS In United States

Among gymnasts born in United States, Larry Nassar ranks 6. Before him are Edward Hennig (1879), Herman Glass (1880), Simone Biles (1997), Shawn Johnson East (1992), and Bart Conner (1958). After him are Aly Raisman (1994), Gabby Douglas (1995), Mary Lou Retton (1968), Kerri Strug (1977), Peter Vidmar (1961), and Julianne McNamara (1965).

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