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Richard Gunn

1871 - 1961

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Richard Kenneth Gunn (16 February 1871 – 23 June 1961) was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever. He achieved this feat at the age of 37 years and 254 days. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Gunn is the 1,187th most popular athlete (up from 1,369th in 2019), the 4,223rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,621st in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richard Gunn ranks 1,187 out of 6,025. Before him are Vasile Dîba, John Brinck, Christian Gitsham, Eino Purje, Janusz Sidło, and Kazimierz Zimny. After him are Oscar De Cock, Miroslav Koranda, Johanna Lüttge, Carl Silfverstrand, Pål Tyldum, and Dainis Kūla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Richard Gunn ranks 147. Before him are Joaquín Chapaprieta, Manuel Franco, Oliver Campbell, Jan Kotěra, Wilfred Lucas, and Lars Jørgen Madsen. After him are Johan Anker, Max Bodenstein, Anne Sewell Young, Nikodem Caro, Boris Galerkin, and Theodor Pallady. Among people deceased in 1961, Richard Gunn ranks 162. Before him are Jean Piot, Maud Wagner, Earle Page, Herman Glass, Eliseo Mouriño, and Ferdinand Bie. After him are Paul Deman, Harry Ryan, Suryakant Tripathi, Anne Sewell Young, Albert Oldman, and Ruth Chatterton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Gunn ranks 4,224 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Hurst (1957), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Queenie Newall (1854), Roland Orzabal (1961), William Warham (1450), and Ray Wilson (1934). After him are Florence Pugh (1996), Norman Smith (1923), Horatio Caro (1862), Samuel Palmer (1805), Richard Price (1723), and Henry Litolff (1818).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Richard Gunn ranks 48. Before him are Peter Kemp (1878), Jack Broughton (1703), Robert Kerr (1882), Muriel Freeman (1897), Jack Beresford (1899), and Queenie Newall (1854). After him are Richard Meade (1938), Tommy Green (1894), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), Sonia Robertson (1947), Sidney Robinson (1876), and William Henry Dean (1887).

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