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Nancy Mackay

1922 - 2016

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Nancy Mackay (née Murrall, 16 May 1922 – 4 January 2024) was a Canadian sprinter. Mackay won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Mackay was born in England, and moved to Canada when she was four years old. In the 1930s she started training in athletics and won six national titles between 1936 and 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Mackay is the 2,016th most popular athlete (down from 319th in 2019), the 5,218th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,764th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nancy Mackay ranks 2,016 out of 6,025. Before her are Uschi Disl, Bertha Brouwer, Gert Blomé, Kurt Schmid, George Cloutier, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. After her are Birger Cederin, Giuseppe Tosi, Shunkichi Hamada, Robertas Žulpa, James Wilson, and Mayumi Aoki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Nancy Mackay ranks 401. Before her are Emil Wolf, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Rauf Hajiyev, Pauline Baynes, Nicholas Katzenbach, and Beverly Pepper. After her are Harry Siljander, Jim Pollard, Alain de Changy, Maja Bošković-Stulli, William Schallert, and Willi Heeks. Among people deceased in 2016, Nancy Mackay ranks 500. Before her are James Stacy, Anatoli Isayev, Poul Pedersen, Ilkka Hanski, Allan Williams, and Tim LaHaye. After her are Gurdial Singh, Rita Barberá, Eddie Keizan, Mr. Fuji, Väinö Huhtala, and Van Williams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mackay ranks 5,220 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry Lawes (1595), Archie Cochrane (1909), Laura Haddock (1985), Hugh Huxley (1924), Pat Rice (1949), and Graham Poll (1963). After her are Richey Edwards (1967), Prideaux John Selby (1788), J. J. C. Smart (1920), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Pat Symonds (1953), and Jesse Lingard (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mackay ranks 79. Before her are Sheila Lerwill (1928), Paul Nihill (1939), Peter Wright (1970), Eileen Hiscock (1909), John James Shepherd (1884), and Wendy Smith-Sly (1959). After her are James Wilson (1891), Don Finlay (1909), Janet Simpson (1944), Fiona May (1969), Mary Peters (1939), and George Hutson (1889).

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