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Richard Sheldon

1878 - 1935

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Richard Sheldon (July 9, 1878 in Rutland, Vermont – January 23, 1935 in New York, was the winner of the gold medal in the men's shot put at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Sheldon is the 48th most popular athlete (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,241st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richard Sheldon ranks 48 out of 6,025. Before him are Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, Arthur Blake, Irena Szewińska, and John Woodruff. After him are Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, Lasse Virén, Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, and Yuriy Sedykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Richard Sheldon ranks 57. Before him are Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Alfréd Hajós, Slavko Kvaternik, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Mahmud Barzanji. After him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Eino Leino, Paul Troost, James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, and Louis Camille Maillard. Among people deceased in 1935, Richard Sheldon ranks 49. Before him are Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gareth Jones, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ruan Lingyu, and Louis de Beaufront. After him are Ma Barker, Abraham Isaac Kook, Valerian Kuybyshev, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Jean Béraud, and William Kennedy Dickson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Sheldon ranks 2,378 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Bellamy (1904), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Robert Jordan (1948), John Woodruff (1915), Joe Wilson (1947), and Lee Iacocca (1924). After him are Robin Tunney (1972), Robert Axelrod (1943), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Ira Levin (1929), Victor Mature (1913), and Al Lettieri (1928).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Richard Sheldon ranks 22. Before him are Ray Ewry (1873), Greg Bell (1930), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), and John Woodruff (1915). After him are Jim Lightbody (1882), Frederick Schule (1879), Glenn Davis (1934), Charles Moore (1929), Wilma Rudolph (1940), and Jack Shea (1910).

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