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Mildred McDaniel

1933 - 2004

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Mildred "Millie" Louise McDaniel-Singleton (née McDaniel, November 4, 1933 – September 30, 2004) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the women's high jump event during her career. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she attended David T. Howard High School. She competed for the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal in the women's high jump event. In the process, she beat the current world record holder, Iolanda Balas and set a new world record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mildred McDaniel is the 505th most popular athlete (down from 295th in 2019), the 5,933rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,809th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mildred McDaniel ranks 505 out of 6,025. Before her are Sara Simeoni, József Csermák, Saverio Ragno, Lauri Lehtinen, Donald Lippincott, and Naftali Temu. After her are Yusuf Dikeç, Lawrence Stevens, Alfred Swahn, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Gustaf Söderström, and Leo Sexton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mildred McDaniel ranks 285. Before her are Dianne Feinstein, Zelda Rubinstein, Bat Ye'or, Imre Nagy, Yoshi Oyakawa, and Valéria Gyenge. After her are R. Murray Schafer, Yang Chuan-kwang, José Faria, Helmuth Rilling, Mark Damon, and Helmut Senekowitsch. Among people deceased in 2004, Mildred McDaniel ranks 178. Before her are Torsten Hägerstrand, Christer Pettersson, Albert Brülls, John Randolph, Evelyn Mase, and Angus Ogilvy. After her are Alexander Ragulin, Ancel Keys, Bror Mellberg, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Ehrenfried Patzel, and Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mildred McDaniel ranks 5,933 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Aileen Riggin (1906), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Eric Dane (1972), and Muggsy Bogues (1965). After her are Oliver North (1943), Amanda Bynes (1986), Daniel Silva (1960), Jill Tarter (1944), Stella Stevens (1936), and Frank Silva (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mildred McDaniel ranks 124. Before her are Mike Conley Sr. (1962), Vince Gallagher (1899), Alice Brown (1960), Betty Robinson (1911), Rafer Johnson (1935), and Donald Lippincott (1893). After her are Leo Sexton (1909), William Gilmore (1895), Steve Anderson (1906), Eddie Hart (1949), Fred Alderman (1905), and Jay O'Brien (1883).

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