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Rudolph Lewis

1887 - 1933

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Rudolph Ludewyk "Okey" Lewis (12 July 1887 – 29 October 1933) was a South African road racing cyclist who won the gold medal in the time trial at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Lewis was born on a farm near Pretoria and grew up in Germiston. He worked full-time underground at a gold mine and, in his spare time, trained in cycling, boxing and skating. After the 1912 Olympics, he raced professionally in Germany in 1913–14 and won the classic race Rund um Dresden in 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Lewis is the 27th most popular cyclist (up from 113th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 87th in 2019) and the most popular South African Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rudolph Lewis ranks 27 out of 1,613. Before him are François Faber, Philippe Thys, Charly Gaul, Rik Van Steenbergen, Louis Trousselier, and Nicolas Frantz. After him are Lucien Van Impe, René Pottier, Patrick Sercu, Marco Pantani, Octave Lapize, and Firmin Lambot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Rudolph Lewis ranks 93. Before him are Korechika Anami, Josef Lada, Avery Brundage, Roscoe Arbuckle, Wilhelm Kube, and René Spitz. After him are Octave Lapize, Louis Jouvet, Miklós Kállay, Hanns Kerrl, Antanas Merkys, and Mario Roatta. Among people deceased in 1933, Rudolph Lewis ranks 46. Before him are Louis Comfort Tiffany, Sen Katayama, Roscoe Arbuckle, Henri Duparc, Anagarika Dharmapala, and Princess Mathilde of Saxony. After him are Mary Parker Follett, Mary Ann Bevan, Nitobe Inazō, Haim Arlosoroff, Hermann von François, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Rudolph Lewis ranks 52 out of 454. Before him are Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Basil Rathbone (1892), Tom Naudé (1889), Louis Raymond (1895), and Arnold Vosloo (1962). After him are Sid Atkinson (1901), Chris Hani (1942), Kevin Carter (1960), Rory Byrne (1944), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Marais Viljoen (1915).

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Among CYCLISTS In South Africa

Among cyclists born in South Africa, Rudolph Lewis ranks 1. After him are Alfred Swift (1931), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), Robbie Hunter (1977), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (1985), Daryl Impey (1984), Louis Meintjes (1992), Greg Minnaar (1981), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (1989), Ryan Cox (1979), and Burry Stander (1987).

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