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Manuel Plaza

1900 - 1969

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Manuel Jesús Plaza Reyes ((17 March 1900 – 9 February 1969) was a Chilean athlete who won the country's first Olympic medal. He earned a silver medal in the marathon at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, finishing with a time of 2 hours, 33 minutes, and 23 seconds, just 26 seconds behind French runner Boughéra El Ouafi. In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Plaza placed sixth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Plaza is the 687th most popular athlete (up from 1,435th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Chile (up from 162nd in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Manuel Plaza ranks 687 out of 6,025. Before him are Veronica Campbell-Brown, Johan Jarlén, Arthur Jonath, Edwin Mills, Dumitru Pârvulescu, and Stanisław Kowalski. After him are Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Ethel Catherwood, Duncan McNaughton, Olav Sunde, Valerio Arri, and Carol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Manuel Plaza ranks 217. Before him are Pyotr Gavrilov, Erna Berger, Ivan Maslennikov, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Karel Teige, and Pedro Arispe. After him are Natalio Perinetti, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Mildred Gillars, Marie Bell, Elizabeth Goudge, and Mikhail Tikhonravov. Among people deceased in 1969, Manuel Plaza ranks 168. Before him are Veli Saarinen, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Pinelli, Julius Katchen, Ludwig Berger, and Stijn Streuvels. After him are Ture Nerman, José Piendibene, Gisela Arendt, Julius Saaristo, Ben Shahn, and Marek Hłasko.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Manuel Plaza ranks 97 out of 321. Before him are Juan Antonio Ríos (1888), Juan Aguilera (1903), Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850), Ramón Barros Luco (1835), Eliseo Salazar (1954), and Ulises Poirier (1897). After him are Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1858), Germán Riesco (1854), Jorge Toro (1939), Carlos Schneeberger (1902), Marlene Ahrens (1933), and José Joaquín Prieto (1786).

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Among ATHLETES In Chile

Among athletes born in Chile, Manuel Plaza ranks 1. After him are Marlene Ahrens (1933), Ramón Tapia (1932), Óscar Cristi (1916), Amane Beriso Shankule (1991), Francisca Crovetto (1990), Zhang Yu (null), Karen Gallardo (1984), Virginia Yarur (1966), Cecilia Pérez (1974), Samuel Parot (1964), and Marco Grimalt (1989).

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