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Louis Hostin

1908 - 1998

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Louis Hostin (21 April 1908 – 28 June 1998) was a French weightlifter. He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and medaled at each of his Olympic appearances. He won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Games and Olympic gold at both the 1932 and 1936 Games. Hostin also won two European titles, in 1930 and 1935, and two medals at world championships in 1937–1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Hostin is the 597th most popular athlete (up from 1,517th in 2019), the 4,105th most popular biography from France (up from 5,009th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Louis Hostin ranks 597 out of 6,025. Before him are Lyudmila Shevtsova, Ingrid Gulbin, Roger Beaufrand, Don Bragg, Oreste Puliti, and Mel Patton. After him are Vasily Rudenkov, Giorgio Chiavacci, Caroline Smith, Albert Hill, Heikki Liimatainen, and Ottavio Missoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Louis Hostin ranks 241. Before him are Simonne Mathieu, František Kriegel, Lars-Erik Larsson, Francesco Camusso, Roger Beaufrand, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. After him are George Pal, Kenji Miyamoto, Hugo Distler, Percy Faith, Aleksander Ford, and Gotthard Handrick. Among people deceased in 1998, Louis Hostin ranks 190. Before him are Enoch Powell, Raquel Rastenni, Odette Bancilhon, André Bonin, Christiane Rochefort, and Gene Autry. After him are William Gaddis, Mikio Oda, Marion Donovan, Manuel Álvarez, Maurice Schumann, and Johannes Kotkas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Hostin ranks 4,105 out of 6,770. Before him are Philibert of Jumièges (608), Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Sylvain Lévi (1863), Blaise Matuidi (1987), and Jacques Vallée (1939). After him are Wolfgang Windgassen (1914), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), Serge Bourguignon (1928), Abel de Pujol (1785), José Dolhem (1944), and Émile Veinante (1907).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Louis Hostin ranks 25. Before him are Henri Jobier (1879), Robert Liottel (1885), Émile Champion (1879), André Bonin (1909), Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing (null), and Roger Beaufrand (1908). After him are Michel Jazy (1936), Joseph Alzin (1893), Émile Delchambre (1875), Jean Cau (1875), Jean Bouin (1888), and André Gaudin (1874).

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