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Leo Sexton

1909 - 1968

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Leo Joseph Sexton (August 27, 1909 – September 6, 1968) was an American shot putter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Sexton was the world record holder for nearly a month in 1932. Despite his large frame (1.93 m, 108 kg), he cleared 1.96 m in the high jump in 1929. After retiring from sports he worked in insurance, becoming vice-president of a company in Perry, Oklahoma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Sexton is the 511th most popular athlete (up from 621st in 2019), the 5,973rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,610th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leo Sexton ranks 511 out of 6,025. Before him are Mildred McDaniel, Yusuf Dikeç, Lawrence Stevens, Alfred Swahn, Yevgeniya Sechenova, and Gustaf Söderström. After him are Yang Chuan-kwang, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Gustavo Marzi, Armas Toivonen, John Winter, and Xenia Stad-de Jong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Leo Sexton ranks 232. Before him are Martha Norelius, Olivér Halassy, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Adolf Šimperský, Đorđe Vujadinović, and Guillermo León Valencia. After him are Léo Malet, Paco Bienzobas, Arvo Askola, Ștefan Dobay, Arnold Badjou, and Theodor Tolsdorff. Among people deceased in 1968, Leo Sexton ranks 147. Before him are Joseph Pholien, Nikifor, Johann Horvath, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Bruno Chizzo, and Norman Brookes. After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Lajos Csordás, Hugo Haas, Hamilton Luske, Enoch L. Johnson, and Robert Liottel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leo Sexton ranks 5,973 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Richard Montague (1930), Stanley Williams (1953), Gene Wolfe (1931), and Julie London (1926). After him are Lew Ayres (1908), Earl Hines (1903), James Arness (1923), Olivia Rodrigo (2003), Leigh Brackett (1915), and Edwin Austin Abbey (1852).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Leo Sexton ranks 125. Before him are Vince Gallagher (1899), Alice Brown (1960), Betty Robinson (1911), Rafer Johnson (1935), Donald Lippincott (1893), and Mildred McDaniel (1933). After him are William Gilmore (1895), Steve Anderson (1906), Eddie Hart (1949), Fred Alderman (1905), Jay O'Brien (1883), and Howard Valentine (1881).

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