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René Lorain

1900 - 1984

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René Lorain (19 March 1900 – 25 October 1984) was a French sprint runner. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 metre relay events and won a silver medal in the relay; he failed to reach the finals in his individual events. Lorain won the national 100 m title in 1920 and finished second in 200 m in 1920 and 1923. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Lorain is the 1,654th most popular athlete (up from 1,663rd in 2019), the 4,932nd most popular biography from France (up from 5,076th in 2019) and the 100th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, René Lorain ranks 1,654 out of 6,025Before him are Christina Lathan, Giuseppina Leone, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Naohiro Ikeda, John Norton, and Ursula Knab. After him are Dániel Magay, Babben Enger-Damon, Natalya Goncharova, Ferenc Németh, Marjorie Gestring, and Evert Gunnarsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, René Lorain ranks 295Before him are Aristidis Akratopoulos, Jack Cameron, Leon Kruczkowski, Roland Penrose, Willie Brown, Alfredo Porzio, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Nikolay Okhlopkov, Arvo Haavisto, and John T. Scopes. After him are Håkan Malmrot, and Gladys Egan. Among people deceased in 1984, René Lorain ranks 227Before him are Henry Wilcoxon, Shelly Manne, Hans Jacobson, Héctor Hernández, Otto Arosemena, and Nikolai Tomsky. After him are Mary Miles Minter, Peggy Ann Garner, Ann Christy, Felix Sobolev, José María Lavalle, and José Humberto Quintero Parra.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Lorain ranks 4,932 out of 6,770Before him are Jérémy Toulalan (1983), Emma de Caunes (1976), Louis Meznarie (1930), Léon Thiébaut (1878), Sybilla of Normandy (1092), and Gaël Clichy (1985). After him are Robert Budzynski (1940), Roman Coppola (1965), Hubert Curien (1924), Marcel Capelle (1904), Pascal Dusapin (1955), and Roger Vercel (1894).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, René Lorain ranks 100Before him are Maurice Schilles (1888), Marcel Lambert (1876), Henri Eberhardt (1913), Jean-Jacques Guissart (1927), Jean Boiteux (1933), and Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1920). After him are Virginie Hériot (1890), Roger Gautier (1922), Marc Bouissou (1931), Eddy Ottoz (1944), María Pérez (null), and René Guyot (1881).