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Peter Snell

1938 - 2019

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Sir Peter George Snell (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964. Snell had a relatively short career as a world-famous international sportsman, 1960–1965, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand's "Sports Champion of the (20th) Century" and was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame named in 2012. A protégé of the New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he won, and the several world records he set. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Snell is the 443rd most popular athlete (down from 262nd in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Peter Snell ranks 443 out of 6,025. Before him are Vilho Tuulos, Aleksandra Chudina, Johanna Klier, Hugo Lahtinen, Camila, and Erik Adlerz. After him are Betty Taylor, Tinus Osendarp, Ödön Földessy, Gordon George Avery, Olavi Mannonen, and Ed Hamm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Peter Snell ranks 313. Before him are Pupi Avati, Martin Koeman, Holger Czukay, Andrey Lukanov, Leonardo Favio, and Susan Strasberg. After him are Werner Olk, Anna Wierzbicka, Clement Quartey, Charles Starkweather, James Gunn, and Leonid Zhabotinsky. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Snell ranks 257. Before him are Robert Ryman, Sergei Yursky, Kazuo Koike, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Chelo Alonso, and Isacio Calleja. After him are Freddie Jones, Lyndon LaRouche, Olavi Mannonen, Jorma Kinnunen, Donald Keene, and Paolo Sardi.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Peter Snell ranks 50 out of 303. Before him are Andrew Niccol (1964), Cliff Curtis (1968), Temuera Morrison (1960), John Key (1961), Meri Mangakāhia (1868), and Keith Urban (1967). After him are Manu Bennett (1969), Roy Kerr (1934), Gary Thain (1948), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Rob Hall (1961), and Ronald Syme (1903).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Peter Snell ranks 3. Before him are John Walker (1952), and Harry Kerr (1879). After him are Warren Cole (1940), Yvette Williams (1929), Joe Earl (1952), Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), Dudley Storey (1939), Hugh Anderson (1936), Eric Verdonk (1959), Murray Halberg (1933), and Jack Lovelock (1910).

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