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Norman Read

1931 - 1994

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Norman Richard Read (13 August 1931 – 22 May 1994) was a New Zealand racewalker. Born in Portsmouth, England, Read emigrated to New Zealand in 1953. The self-proclaimed "Pommie-Kiwi" competed for New Zealand at the 1956 Olympics in the 50 km walk where he won the gold medal. For this achievement he was voted New Zealand’s Sportsman of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Read is the 536th most popular athlete (down from 366th in 2019), the 3,272nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,900th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Norman Read ranks 536 out of 6,025. Before him are Thelma Hopkins, Rune Larsson, Tatyana Shchelkanova, Eddie Hart, Yiannis Kouros, and Natalya Lisovskaya. After him are Alfons Dorfner, Monika Zehrt, Hiroki Ito, Roald Larsen, Percy Hodge, and Sven Thofelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Norman Read ranks 311. Before him are Edith Bruck, Tamara Tyshkevich, Corinne Marchand, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, Vaino Väljas, and Maria Gusakova. After him are Olja Ivanjicki, Alain Cavalier, Shammi Kapoor, Sylvano Bussotti, Karl-Friedrich Haas, and Jerry Van Dyke. Among people deceased in 1994, Norman Read ranks 206. Before him are Karl-Heinz Metzner, Charles Drake, Paul Xuereb, Kurt Aland, Erich Buschenhagen, and Ștefan Dobay. After him are Arnold Badjou, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Helena Rasiowa, Anatoly Alexandrov, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Read ranks 3,273 out of 8,785. Before him are Madeleine Carroll (1906), William Thoms (1803), Egon Pearson (1895), Adrian Paul (1959), Maxim (1967), and William Sterndale Bennett (1816). After him are John Peel (1939), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), John D. Barrow (1952), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), and Vivian Fuchs (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Norman Read ranks 24. Before him are Edwin Flack (1873), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Jean Pickering (1929), Wally Kinnear (1880), Ken McArthur (1881), and Thelma Hopkins (1936). After him are Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Eddie Owen (1886), Albert Hill (1889), George Larner (1875), Ian Stewart (1949), and Tommy Hampson (1907).

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