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Peter Norman

1942 - 2006

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Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more than 56 years. He was a five-time national 200-metre champion. Norman was one of the three athletes in the 1968 Olympics protest salute photograph taken during the medal ceremony for the 200-metre event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Norman is the 392nd most popular athlete (down from 217th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Australia (down from 110th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Peter Norman ranks 392 out of 6,025. Before him are Boughera El Ouafi, Launceston Elliot, Eugenio Monti, Franjo Mihalić, Elmer Niklander, and Harold Osborn. After him are Gerhard Stöck, Émile Fisseux, Jimmy Ball, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Nasser Al-Attiyah, and Terry Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Peter Norman ranks 332. Before him are Fatma Girik, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, John Shrapnel, Adolf Ogi, Ian Dury, and Shere Hite. After him are Bo Johansson, Arrigo Miglio, Dennis Meadows, Eduard Markarov, Rita Tushingham, and Jack DeJohnette. Among people deceased in 2006, Peter Norman ranks 195. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kathleen Antonelli, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Octavia E. Butler, Dennis Weaver, and William P. Gottlieb. After him are Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Charles E. Brady Jr., Said Mohamed Djohar, Max Merkel, Karl Hugo Strunz, and John Profumo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 141 out of 1,143. Before him are Daevid Allen (1938), Lew Hoad (1934), Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Curtin (1885), Russell Mulcahy (1953), and Graham Arnold (1963). After him are Lionel Cox (1930), Colin Burgess (1946), Bruce Beresford (1940), Raewyn Connell (1944), Natalie Imbruglia (1975), and Travis Fimmel (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 6. Before him are Mara (null), Bobby Pearce (1905), Ron Clarke (1937), Al Lawrence (1930), and Betty Cuthbert (1938). After him are George Parker (1896), Camila (null), Gordon George Avery (1925), John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), and Norma Croker (1934).

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