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Saint-George Ashe

1871 - 1922

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Saint George Ashe (23 May 1871 – 24 July 1922) was a British rower who competed in Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the bronze medal in the single sculls, and won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904. Ashe was born in Malta. He was a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1900 was the only rower to represent Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, in his first round heat, Ashe was disqualified after rowing into Raymond-Benoît and capsizing him, due to no one finishing the full course the judges decided to re-run the race, this time Ashe won by seven seconds. In the final he was third in single sculls behind Hermann Barrelet and André Gaudin but was lucky as he was in fourth place until Louis Prével fell overboard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint-George Ashe is the 223rd most popular athlete (up from 1,940th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Malta (up from 40th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Saint-George Ashe ranks 223 out of 6,025. Before him are Gunnar Höckert, Gaston Roelants, Imre Németh, Klas Lestander, Samuel Jones, and Gyula Kellner. After him are Jonni Myyrä, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Otto Herschmann, Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, and Parry O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Saint-George Ashe ranks 89. Before him are Martin Knudsen, Ivan Poddubny, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Arthur Griffith, Kiyoshi Shiga, and Gyula Kellner. After him are Gyula Károlyi, George Washington, Guglielmo Ferrero, Joe Roberts, Nils Edén, and Abanindranath Tagore. Among people deceased in 1922, Saint-George Ashe ranks 69. Before him are Max Abraham, Joseph Oller, Luigi Denza, Michael Mayr, Ali Kemal, and Arthur Griffith. After him are Ricardo Flores Magón, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Karl Michael Ziehrer, Christiaan de Wet, Heinrich Rubens, and Kabayama Sukenori.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Saint-George Ashe ranks 18 out of 71. Before him are Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933), Prosper Grech (1925), Anthony Mamo (1909), Eddie Fenech Adami (1934), Maria de Dominici (1645), and Nicolas Isouard (1775). After him are George Borg Olivier (1911), Paul Cremona (1946), Dom Mintoff (1916), Lawrence Gonzi (1953), Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964), and Ċensu Tabone (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In Malta

Among athletes born in Malta, Saint-George Ashe ranks 1. After him are Eleanor Bezzina (1977).

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