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Ronald Stretton

1930 - 2012

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Ronald Charles "Ron" Stretton (13 February 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a track cyclist from Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Alan Newton. He was born in Epsom, Surrey and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Stretton is the 368th most popular cyclist (up from 384th in 2019), the 5,341st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,496th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Ronald Stretton ranks 368 out of 1,613. Before him are Günter Haritz, Andreas Klöden, Rafał Majka, Eddy Planckaert, Roberto Heras, and Serhiy Honchar. After him are Robert Fowler, Joaquim Rodríguez, Jens Voigt, Maurizio Fondriest, Marianne Vos, and Richard Carapaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ronald Stretton ranks 576. Before him are George Steinbrenner, Mike Sparken, Robert Detweiler, Richard A. Falk, Ed Thigpen, and Gordon Pinsent. After him are Adebayo Adedeji, Nikolai Puchkov, Lynden Pindling, Marie Corridon, Mary Costa, and Don Meineke. Among people deceased in 2012, Ronald Stretton ranks 423. Before him are Phyllis Thaxter, Earl Scruggs, Charles Colson, Mike Sparken, Héctor Camacho, and Salvador Reyes Monteón. After him are Maja Bošković-Stulli, Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Deborah Raffin, Terry Callier, Roman Totenberg, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Stretton ranks 5,343 out of 8,785. Before him are Ed Westwick (1987), Danny Kirwan (1950), Montagu Love (1877), Allan McNish (1969), Vic Elford (1935), and Anne Heywood (1931). After him are Kathleen Byron (1921), Mary Peters (1939), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Chris Thomas (1947), Johnny Douglas (1882), and Marc Warren (1967).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Ronald Stretton ranks 18. Before him are Gordon Thomas (1921), Simon Yates (1992), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), George Newberry (1917), Victor Johnson (1883), and Adam Yates (1992). After him are Geraint Thomas (1986), Alan Geldard (1927), Donald Burgess (1933), Max Sciandri (1967), Graeme Obree (1965), and Ronald Keeble (1941).

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