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Roger Beaufrand

1908 - 2007

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Roger Beaufrand (25 September 1908 – 14 March 2007) was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of Pakistani Field Hockey player Feroze Khan in 2005 until his own death. Born near Paris, France, Beaufrand won a gold medal on 7 August at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the field of Olympic sprint at the age of 19. A few weeks prior to his death, he was presented the Chevalier class of the Legion of Honour by fellow Olympic Champion Jean-Claude Killy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Beaufrand is the 576th most popular athlete (up from 802nd in 2019), the 4,093rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,588th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Beaufrand ranks 576 out of 6,025. Before him are Ioannis Persakis, Galina Bystrova, James Juvenal, Frederick Lorz, Lyudmila Shevtsova, and Ingrid Gulbin. After him are Don Bragg, Oreste Puliti, Mel Patton, Louis Hostin, Vasily Rudenkov, and Giorgio Chiavacci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Roger Beaufrand ranks 239. Before him are Gustav Ernesaks, Odette Bancilhon, Simonne Mathieu, František Kriegel, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Francesco Camusso. After him are Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Louis Hostin, George Pal, Kenji Miyamoto, Hugo Distler, and Percy Faith. Among people deceased in 2007, Roger Beaufrand ranks 234. Before him are Helmut Senekowitsch, Georg Buschner, Mark St. John, Giuseppe Baldo, Kurt Schmied, and Isidore Isou. After him are Henry L. Giclas, Kenji Miyamoto, Qurratulain Hyder, Iccho Itoh, Petr Eben, and Art Buchwald.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 4,093 out of 6,770. Before him are Dany Dauberson (1925), Alain Calmat (1940), Charles Dupin (1784), Louis Pouzin (1931), Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747), and Lily Pons (1898). After him are François de Troy (1645), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Pierre Marie (1853), Philibert of Jumièges (608), Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), and Catherine Cesarsky (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 22. Before him are André Auffray (1884), Anne-Marie Colchen (1925), Henri Jobier (1879), Robert Liottel (1885), Émile Champion (1879), and André Bonin (1909). After him are Louis Hostin (1908), Michel Jazy (1936), Joseph Alzin (1893), Émile Delchambre (1875), Jean Cau (1875), and Jean Bouin (1888).

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