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Patrick Ryan

1881 - 1964

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Patrick James Ryan (20 January 1883 – 13 February 1964) was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw. In 1913 he established the first world record in the hammer throw, which stood as a world record for 25 years and as an American record for 40 years. Ryan was part of Irish weight throwers known as the Irish Whales. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Ryan is the 65th most popular athlete (up from 604th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patrick Ryan ranks 65 out of 6,025. Before her are Reggie Walker, Lasse Virén, Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, Wallace, and Yuriy Sedykh. After her are Alajos Szokolyi, Hubert Van Innis, Marina Doria, Zoltán Horváth, Jim Lightbody, and Ibolya Csák.

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Among people born in 1881, Patrick Ryan ranks 65. Before her are Franz Gürtner, Victor Klemperer, Max Pechstein, Günther Quandt, Vincenzo Peruggia, and Augustin Bea. After her are Ramón Grau, Hugo Meisl, Paul Cornu, Otozō Yamada, Vincenzo Lancia, and Muhammad VIII al-Amin. Among people deceased in 1964, Patrick Ryan ranks 54. Before her are Werner Kempf, Vladko Maček, Flannery O'Connor, August Sander, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, and Bechara El Khoury. After her are Andriy Melnyk, Carl Van Vechten, Mikhail Larionov, Hinrich Lohse, Veit Harlan, and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Ryan ranks 85 out of 549. Before her are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Richard Cantillon (1680), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Thomas Moore (1779), Saint Fiacre (607), and Seán Brady (1939). After her are Caitriona Balfe (1979), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Brian Boru (941), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Mulhare (1923), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Patrick Ryan ranks 2. Before her are John Flanagan (1873). After her are Pat McDonald (1878), Martin Sheridan (1881), Tim Ahearne (1885), Matt McGrath (1875), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), William Carr (1876), Tom Kiely (1869), Patrick Leahy (1877), Con Leahy (1876), and James Mitchel (1864).

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