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Launceston Elliot

1874 - 1930

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Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Launceston Elliot is the 387th most popular athlete (up from 510th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from India (up from 580th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Launceston Elliot ranks 387 out of 6,025. Before him are Gergely Kulcsár, Ludvík Daněk, Micheline Ostermeyer, Angela Voigt, Elias Katz, and Boughera El Ouafi. After him are Eugenio Monti, Franjo Mihalić, Elmer Niklander, Harold Osborn, Peter Norman, and Gerhard Stöck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Launceston Elliot ranks 141. Before him are Alexander Khatisian, Fred Niblo, Nicolae Rădescu, Joaquín Torres-García, Albin Lermusiaux, and Abraham Brill. After him are Władysław Grabski, Charles Fort, Julio Romero de Torres, Jerzy Żuławski, Madeleine Pelletier, and Leonard Eugene Dickson. Among people deceased in 1930, Launceston Elliot ranks 77. Before him are Oku Yasukata, Olena Pchilka, Glenn Curtiss, Władysław Horodecki, Henry Dudeney, and Carl Panzram. After him are Alexander Kutepov, Abram Arkhipov, Julio Romero de Torres, Enrico Forlanini, Henri Jobier, and Bill Tuttle.

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In India

Among people born in India, Launceston Elliot ranks 490 out of 1,861. Before him are Jai Singh II (1688), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Sonam Kapoor (1985), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), and Shibli Nomani (1857). After him are ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), Ela Bhatt (1933), Rakesh Sharma (1949), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Tamannaah (1989), and Nain Singh (1830).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Launceston Elliot ranks 4. Before him are Godfrey Brown (1915), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), and Charles Gmelin (1872). After him are K. D. Jadhav (1926), Fauja Singh (1911), P. T. Usha (1964), Leslie Claudius (1927), Udham Singh (1928), Richard Allen (1902), Deepika Kumari (1994), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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