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Mae Faggs

1932 - 2000

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Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (April 10, 1932 in Mays Landing, New Jersey – January 27, 2000 in Cincinnati) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple. She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay with her teammates Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau and Catherine Hardy. Four years later she went to the Melbourne 1956 Games as the sole returnee from the 1952 Games relay team, and teamed up with Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels but failed to retain the title, only managing to come away with the bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mae Faggs is the 2,164th most popular athlete (down from 2,005th in 2024), the 11,590th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,207th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mae Faggs ranks 2,164 out of 6,025. Before her are Heikki Ikola, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Nikolay Zimyatov, Donovan Bailey, Bärbel Struppert, and Nikolay Kruglov. After her are Charles Manring, Marshall Wayne, Kaarlo Maaninka, Vénuste Niyongabo, Tianna Bartoletta, and Petar Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Mae Faggs ranks 525. Before her are Donna Douglas, Henry Taylor, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gennadiy Shatkov, Angela Mortimer, and Nigel Lawson. After her are Robert L. Forward, Robert Reed, Gay Talese, Lamar Hunt, Malcolm Bradbury, and Andrew Young. Among people deceased in 2000, Mae Faggs ranks 335. Before her are Lynden Pindling, Jafar Salmasi, Sid Abel, Henry Seiling, Nora Swinburne, and George Montgomery. After her are Francis Lederer, Marceline Day, Malcolm Bradbury, Duane Swanson, Spyridon Belokas, and Alfred Kuchevsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mae Faggs ranks 11,591 out of 20,380. Before her are Virginia Gregg (1916), Tom McGrath (1964), Eubie Blake (2), Gabriel Luna (1982), and Scott Baio (1960). After her are Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Fred VanVleet (1994), Sam Snead (1912), Katherine MacDonald (1891), Wanda Sykes (1964), Robert L. Forward (1932), and YG (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mae Faggs ranks 372. Before her are Sammy Lee (1920), Billy Mills (1938), Jennison Heaton (1904), George Bonhag (1882), Henry Seiling (1872), and Thane Baker (1931). After her are Charles Manring (1929), Marshall Wayne (1912), Tianna Bartoletta (1985), Earl Young (1941), Horace Ashenfelter (1923), and Tris Speaker (1888).

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